Principal Applied Scientist
Microsoft · Hyderabad, India · Applied Sciences
About this role
Microsoft is hiring a principal-level Applied Scientist in the machine learning function based in Hyderabad, India. The posting calls out experience with Python, AWS, Azure, TensorFlow.
- Role
- Applied Scientist
- Function
- machine learning
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Tech leadership
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Hyderabad, India
- Department
- Applied Sciences
- Posted
- May 15, 2026
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Job description
from Microsoft careersWithin AI Platform, theGenAI Systems team inAzure AI is seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to lead the development of customized LLM solutions for diverse customer needs. This role focuses onfine-tuning, distillation, synthetic data generation, and custom model development, enabling enterprises to build optimized, scalable AI systems. Why Join Us? - Be part of a dynamic team shaping the future of AI and language models - Work on highimpact projects with global reach - Collaborate with leading experts in the field - Enjoy a flexible and inclusive work environment If you're passionate about AI, love tackling complex challenges, and want to contribute to the next generation of language models, we'd love to hear from you! Apply now and let's build the future together.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
- Optimize model performance, scalability, and efficiency
- Conduct experiments to evaluate model performance, robustness, and generalization
- Implement customization techniques for various NN based architectures
- Explore novel techniques and approaches to enhance model capabilities
- Stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in NLP, deep learning, and AI research
- Work with large-scale datasets, preprocess them, and create appropriate representations
- Select relevant features and ensure data quality for training and evaluation
- Develop and deploy customized LLM solutions for customer scenarios