Software Engineer 2

The Windows and Web Experiences Japan team needs strong engineers to apply the cutting edge of artificial intelligence and deep learning technologies to solve some challenging business problems for Bing and Microsoft Start. Specifically, the team works on growing the Bing Search as well as our news & feeds business, including monetization.

About the Team

The Windows and Web Experience team is a diverse and inclusive team looking for great engineering candidates to help us realize our vision of Intelligent Search for Japanese users as well as providing compelling content for our users to read! We believe great products are built by healthy teams of diverse, customer obsessed individuals that trust each other. We collaborate with teams around the world to find and bring the greatest breakthroughs to the rest of Microsoft in order to infuse AI into as many products as possible.

If you are passionate about working on the latest and hottest areas that will help you develop skills in Artificial Intelligence, LLMs, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, AI Experimentation and Cloud Platforms, this is the team you’re looking for! 

About the Role

Our team brings together capabilities in information retrieval, machine learning, user behavioral analysis, and metrics to improve search results as well as Japanese text input, relying on a culture of experimentation and continuous learning. Our goal is to build an intelligent and global search engine that helps Japanese customers find what they are looking for faster and with confidence and trust.

In this role you will collaborate with PMs, data scientists, Microsoft Research researchers, UX researchers, and other teams to identify areas of opportunity where ads relevance and performance could be improved. With ample scope for creativity, technical problem solving and collaboration skills, you will contribute to the growth of Bing and Microsoft in Japan.

We are seeking gifted engineers who drive for results, are self-motivating, and have a propensity for action. Search and AI engineers should fluently cross the language barriers of technologies and customers. We work with a very diverse team across many borders and boundaries so great interpersonal skills in English is a must.  Our focus in on the Japanese market so business level speaker of Japanese language is also a must.

Minimum Qualifications

* BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field

* Great organizational, analytical, data science skills and intuition

* Customer empathy with incredible interpersonal, negotiating, and influencing skills

* Creative problem solver, strong collaboration skills, desire to lead

* Excellent academic track record

* Japanese business level and who understands Japanese business manner when interacting with Japanese customers.

* Excellent coding skills in a language such as C#, Python, SQL.

Preferred Qualifications

* Advanced technical degree such as MS or PhD

* Experience with Natural Language Processing

* Proficiency in C++ development

* Coursework and demonstrated proficiency in AI/Machine Learning (TensorFlow, PyTorch, et. al.)

* Hands on experience in working with cloud, big data, machine learning, data science, and large-scale distributed systems

* A start up mentality to move and iterate quickly and aren’t afraid to cross responsibility expectations by coding or designing mockups

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Your responsibilities will include:

1. Understand the ads stack and related technologies.
2. Grow our user base by introducing new features and entry points for our services across Microsoft products.
3. Use your Machine learning knowledge and data mining skills to improve search experience.
4. Work with PMs and designers to prioritize features.
5. Use your Japanese language knowledge to identify gaps and opportunities.
6. Continuously read the latest AI and deep learning papers from the hottest conferences (NIPS, ICLR, ICML ACL, EMNLP) and use ideas from them.