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Principal Applied Sciences Manager

11/21/2025

Lead and grow a diverse team of Applied Scientists while driving research and productization of AI in Software Engineering. Manage large-scale AI experiments and collaborate with experts to integrate AI across the software development stack.

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

10,001+ employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

No

About The Company
Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters. Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.
About the Role
Lead, hire, and grow a diverse world-class team of Applied Scientists. Lead research and productization of state-of-the-art in AI for Software Engineering Build and manage large-scale AI experiments and models. Drive experimentation through A/B testing and offline validation to evaluate model performance. Stay up to date with the research literature and product advances in AI for software engineering Collaborate with world renowned experts in programming tools and developer tools to integrate AI across software development stack for Copilot Lead others by exemplifying growth mindset, inclusiveness, teamwork, and customer obsession Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics. 10+ years experience with strong proficiency in Python, machine learning frameworks, and experience developing and deploying generative AI or machine learning models into production. (Experience with additional programming languages is a plus but not required.) 2+ years of people management and/or project management experience. Masters or PhD degree in Computer Science, Statistics, or related fields (undergraduates with significant appropriate experience will be considered). Strong professional experience in statistics, machine learning, including deep learning, NLP, econometrics. Experience in building cloud-scale systems and experience working with open-source stacks for data processing and data science is desirable. Experience with LLMs in natural language, AI for code or related fields Excellent communication skills, ability to present and write reports, strong teamwork and collaboration skills. Experience in productizing AI and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
Key Skills
Applied SciencesAISoftware EngineeringPythonMachine LearningGenerative AIDeep LearningNLPStatisticsCloud-scale SystemsOpen-source StacksTeam ManagementCollaborationCommunicationProductizationExperimentation
Categories
TechnologyManagement & LeadershipData & AnalyticsSoftwareScience & Research
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