Microsoft
Principal Researcher
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United States, 98052
OverviewMicrosoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products in our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable a multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer-friendly, mission-critical, AI-enabled operational databases across relational, non-relational, and OSS (open source systems) offerings.
We are hiring a Principal Researcher with expertise in the area of dense retrieval and ranking. The role would involve developing state-of-the-art techniques in these areas and advising the team on designing and prototyping systems. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.Responsibilities
Serves as a top industry/academic leader and is accomplished in a broad area of research (dense retrieval and ranking) or gains unique knowledge in a specific area of research.Understands the corresponding literature, applicable research techniques, and business and academic context.Identifies gaps and determines which state-of-the-art insights, tools, technologies, or methods to incorporate into research pipelines to ensure quality, scientific rigor, and ethical best practices.Supports the development and implementation of new or modified tools, technologies, and methods within a research pipeline.Applies deep subject matter knowledge around a broad array of specialized tools/methods to support planning for research projects.Expands collaborative relationships with product or business group leaders inside or outside Microsoft.Contributes to product or business group decisions at a strategic level by sharing input and knowledge.Creates a measurable impact on the business.Proactively provides mentorship and coaching to less experienced and mid-level team members (e.g., interns, early-in-career researchers, researchers, Ph.D. candidates) by sharing expertise to build team capabilities and guiding team members in research projects and their careers.Represents Microsoft externally to grow network and attract/cultivate talent and desired capabilities.Helps to develop a capability strategy that serves long-term research objectives and attracts/cultivates talent and desired capabilities.Leads a collaborative research effort (possibly spanning multiple teams/Universities inside and outside of Microsoft) to advance a long-term research agenda through multiple projects, yielding new algorithms, prototypes, theories, tools, methods, analyses, insights, or collections of data in one or more subareas or a broad area of research to create societal impact.Embodies our culture and values.
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We are hiring a Principal Researcher with expertise in the area of dense retrieval and ranking. The role would involve developing state-of-the-art techniques in these areas and advising the team on designing and prototyping systems. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.Responsibilities
Serves as a top industry/academic leader and is accomplished in a broad area of research (dense retrieval and ranking) or gains unique knowledge in a specific area of research.Understands the corresponding literature, applicable research techniques, and business and academic context.Identifies gaps and determines which state-of-the-art insights, tools, technologies, or methods to incorporate into research pipelines to ensure quality, scientific rigor, and ethical best practices.Supports the development and implementation of new or modified tools, technologies, and methods within a research pipeline.Applies deep subject matter knowledge around a broad array of specialized tools/methods to support planning for research projects.Expands collaborative relationships with product or business group leaders inside or outside Microsoft.Contributes to product or business group decisions at a strategic level by sharing input and knowledge.Creates a measurable impact on the business.Proactively provides mentorship and coaching to less experienced and mid-level team members (e.g., interns, early-in-career researchers, researchers, Ph.D. candidates) by sharing expertise to build team capabilities and guiding team members in research projects and their careers.Represents Microsoft externally to grow network and attract/cultivate talent and desired capabilities.Helps to develop a capability strategy that serves long-term research objectives and attracts/cultivates talent and desired capabilities.Leads a collaborative research effort (possibly spanning multiple teams/Universities inside and outside of Microsoft) to advance a long-term research agenda through multiple projects, yielding new algorithms, prototypes, theories, tools, methods, analyses, insights, or collections of data in one or more subareas or a broad area of research to create societal impact.Embodies our culture and values.
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