Applied Scientist, Bing 788501 Job in Mountain View, California US
Applied Scientist, Bing 788501
Job Category: Software Engineering: Development Location: Mountain View, CA, US Job ID: 788501-76774 Division: Online Services Division Since Bing launched in June of 2009, the search world has changed for the better. We're helping people break free from search overload and enabling them to make decisions with Bing's powerful, friendly tools. We're attracting new users and changing how people think about Microsoft and Search. We have a long road ahead and we need your help! Key to our continued success in this hypercompetitive space is taking enormous volumes of data and turning them into useful, actionable information to drive increased user engagement through great Bing features and improvements. We're talking petabytes of data about how searches succeed, how they fail, and how we can improve Bing and our partner properties like maps, commerce, travel, and more. The Information Platform and Experiences team in the Online Services Division harnesses Bing's services and capabilities to create exciting new experiences across devices, applications and online. The IPE team is unique in that we work across three of the most exciting products in the market today! As part of Bing we work closely with Windows Phone, Xbox and other teams across Microsoft to revolutionize search. You've seen Bing on Windows Phone and soon you'll see Bing on the Xbox, but we're just getting started. Are you excited about working on the bleeding edge of business, economics and technology? Do you thrive in an agile environment? Are you are interested in designing and implementing machine learning algorithms that get used by millions of users? Do you like working with terabytes of data? Our team is looking for people like you. Join the Knowledge Discovery Sciences Team within Information Platform and Experiences organization! Our mission is to understand, recombine, and digest big data converting it into semantic structured information and to leverage this knowledge across all Microsoft assets. The ideal candidate would have strong technical skills with good understanding of data and familiarity with business applications. The candidate should enjoy working in a small startup environment, agile prototyping, and facing new ideas. We are looking for a technical background in multiple of the following areas: data mining, machine learning, artificial intelligence, mathematics, applied statistics, and knowledge representation. Job Responsibilities # Analyze opportunities related to large semantic informational platform # Generate actionable insights and help in validating and exploring data # Apply data mining and statistics to build successful solutions for multiple applications # Suggest, specify, and design original components and help with their prototyping # Provide technical leadership to other Microsoft teams Qualifications # Ph.D. in data mining, statistics, machine learning, mathematics, AI, or related field # Proven ability to formalize real-life problems and to focus on business objectives # Excellent understanding of predictive analytics process from data validation to model assessment, stability, and deployment monitoring # Outstanding programming skills including high-performance computing # Good contingency planning skills, ability to anticipate and to overcome difficulties # Strong communication skills, ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams, strong leadership qualities. XBINGX: SUAK*LI