Member Of Technical Staff Applied Scientist (AI)

TL;DR

Member of Technical Staff, Applied Scientist (AI): Designing and building advanced Copilot features such as Deep Research and Web artifact generation using large language models with an accent on developing scalable evaluation methods, data collection pipelines for prompt engineering, and fine-tuning content classifiers. Focus on architecting complex, user-facing AI-driven products and ensuring performance aligns with product goals.

Location: Must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area, United States, and work in office 3 days a week. From January 26, 2026, 4 days a week in office is required if living within 50 miles of a Microsoft office.

Salary: USD $188,000 – $304,200 per year

Company

hirify.global is dedicated to empowering every person and organization to achieve more through innovative AI solutions like Copilot.

What you will do

• Architect and implement advanced Copilot features such as Deep Research and Web artifact generation using LLMs.
• Lead evaluation efforts of models deployed within Copilot, ensuring performance aligns with product goals.
• Design scalable systems that leverage large language models (LLMs) to deliver intelligent, user-facing experiences.
• Develop evaluation frameworks and metrics to assess feature performance and user impact.
• Build data collection pipelines to support prompt engineering and fine-tuning of LLMs.
• Train and optimize content classifiers to enable context-aware interactions within Copilot.

Requirements

• Location: Must be local to the San Francisco Bay Area, U.S.
• Work Format: Hybrid (3 days a week in-office, increasing to 4 days from Jan 26, 2026).
• Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years, Master’s and 3+ years, or Doctorate and 1+ year related experience in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Experience prompting, evaluating, and working with large language models.
• Experience writing production-quality Python code.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's Degree and 6+ years, Master’s and 4+ years, or Doctorate and 3+ years related experience.
• Demonstrated interest in Responsible AI.

Culture & Benefits

• Contribute to Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organization to achieve more.
• Work in a culture of inclusion, respect, integrity, and accountability.
• Innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize shared goals.
• Work with a growth mindset in a fast-paced environment.
• Commit to a customer-oriented focus by validating customer perspectives.