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# Senior Applied Scientist

United States, California, Mountain View, Washington, Redmond Senior individual contributor Research & Science 

Listed on Microsoft’s official careers site. Posted June 25, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there.
[Apply on Microsoft’s careers site →](https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/1970393556863455)

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## Job description

Building and owning production machine learning models to improve results. Working hands on with SOTA generative models like Qwen, Llama, Mistral, GPT and others, to deliver big impact. Finding insights and forming hypothesis on large-scale data with various machine learning, feature engineering, statistical, and data mining techniques: e.g. regression, classification, NLP, optimization. Professional working experience on prompt engineering with large LLMs like GPT, Gemini, Claude etc.

Designing experiments, understanding the resulting data, and producing actionable, trustworthy conclusions from them. Wrangling large amounts of data (think petabytes) using various tools, including open-source ones and your own. All programming languages are welcome, especially Python, C#, R, C++, Java, and SQL. Taking complex problems and the associated data and giving the answers in a concise form to assist senior executives in making key business decisions.

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years related experience (e.g., statistics predictive analytics, research) OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate in

Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate in

Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR equivalent experience.

Proficient oral and writing skills.

## At a glance
- Posted by the employer: Jun 25, 2026
- First seen by OpenNash: Jul 10, 2026
- Last checked: Oct 18, 2026
- Listed for: 115 days
- Location: United States, California, Mountain View, Washington, Redmond[Apply on Microsoft’s careers site →](https://apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/1970393556863455)

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