Applied ML Engineer
microsoftRedmond (WA)
About the role
Overview:
In this role you drive AI-powered security protections at scale, transforming research into production solutions. You collaborate with research, engineering, and product teams to build detection capabilities using advanced ML systems. You will design and evaluate AI-driven methods to identify evolving threats, with measurable customer impact. This is a hands-on opportunity to shape security capabilities for billions of real-time decisions and contribute to a culture of curiosity and continuous learning.
Responsibilities:
Develop, evaluate, and deploy detection capabilities using small language models, agents, and multimodal AI systems at scale Translate research ideas into production solutions that improve customer protection Lead experimentation and evaluation, defining success metrics and analyzing results Analyze model behavior and operational performance to identify improvements for protection and efficiency Collaborate across teams to influence technical direction and share learnings
Key requirements:
Bachelor's degree in a related field + 2+ years of related experience OR Master's degree + 1+ year OR Doctorate Experience with statistics, predictive analytics, or research Ability to pass security screenings including Microsoft Cloud background checks Experience creating publications (patents or peer-reviewed papers) is preferred curiosity learning agility collaboration Small Language Models (SLMs) agents multimodal AI systems
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