Senior Data Scientist

The Business Applications & Platform organization at Microsoft is among the most thrilling to be a part of. Business Application & Platform products herald a new era of business applications that are data-initiated, AI-driven, built for collaboration, and simplify business problem-solving with low-code/no-code platforms. Our team is responsible for developing the Dynamics 365 suite of business applications and the Power Platform suite of low-code tools. 

We are at the vanguard of digital transformation, enabling organizations to revolutionize the creation of Copilots through state-of-the-art AI solutions and product offerings. This new productivity era leverages the power of data, AI, and productivity tools to deliver unmatched experiences across all channels. 

As a Senior Data Scientist on the Dataverse core platform team, you will collaborate with business and AI leaders, internal business users, and Partners to identify, explore, and develop AI/ML solutions that address their business requirements. 

Our approach to innovation and collaboration with partners and customers is highly agile. If you are excited by the prospect of working with a diverse team to enable end-to-end business scenarios using cutting-edge AI technologies and tackling challenging problems for large-scale 24x7 business SaaS applications, we would be delighted to have a conversation with you! 

Responsibilities

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will be collaborate with a fast-growing team of skilled applied scientists and software engineers to implement these solutions and enhance customer experience, be responsible for implementing AI features towards a wide variety of business problems within Dynamics 365 products portfolio as well as ensuring they are done to meet rigorous quality standards with the result being software that is used by individuals and businesses throughout the world. In short you will do the following:  

• Focus on particular aspects of our product, developing extensive knowledge in the domain and technical framework, notably in Large Language Models, and play a role in advancing product development through ongoing awareness of industry trends and technologies.  

• Assess business needs and integrate research to achieve business objectives. Your role involves guiding the selection of data to address issues strategically, leveraging your expertise to design, measure and build AI applications to drive tangible business results.  

• Record ongoing work and experimental findings, sharing them to encourage innovation.  

• Assess the effectiveness of models and collaborate with product teams to design AI-driven experiences.  

• You'll be involved in the onboarding process for new team members early in their careers, providing guidance and support as they join the team, and also assisting in coaching and mentoring other team members.  

• Cultivate a supportive and inclusive team culture, offering technical guidance to fellow applied scientists and serving as a mentor.  

Other

· Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized se