Principal Applied Scientist
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 29, 2025 | |
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OverviewAre you passionate about advancing AI and empowering organizations to scale agentic experiences with confidence? As a Principal Applied Scientist in the Power Platform Managed Transformation Team, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering our mission: enabling organizations to adopt and scale AI agents with measurable business impact, unified governance, and actionable insights. You'll collaborate with experts across governance, analytics, and platform services to drive innovation in Copilot and Copilot Studio scenarios, helping customers realize the full potential of AI-powered agents.This role will combine AI knowledge with applied science expertise and demonstrate a growth mindset and customer empathy. Join us in shaping the future of AI agents.This opportunity will allow you to:Accelerate your career growth in applied AI and agentic systems.Develop deep business expertise in enterprise-scale AI adoption.Hone your skills in designing, evaluating, and scaling intelligent agent experiences.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.
ResponsibilitiesYou will master a broad area or research and understand any applicable research techniques. You'll also serve as a team expert on changes in industry trends, products, and other advances, and apply this knowledge to influence product needs.You will review business and product requirement, incorporate research, and provide strategic direction for problem solving. You'll also ensure scientific rigor, support the development of methods, and apply your expertise to support business impact.You will identify and inspire peers and new research talent to join Microsoft, build relationships, and advocate for research initiatives. You'll share research findings through industry outreach, collaborate with the academic community, and help develop the recruiting pipeline.You will document work and experimentation results and share findings to promote innovation. You'll provide guidance when capturing processes and contribute to ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection. | |