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Are you ready to impact millions of customers by joining an elite Machine Learning team? Are you eager to innovate and help protect businesses and their employees? Do you aspire to create ML models from vast volumes of data and see them applied on a large scale?

Join us and become part of a winning ML team that builds the “brain” of one of Microsoft’s most exciting security products, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE). As cyber-attacks have become more sophisticated, MDE helps enterprises detect, investigate, and automatically disrupt advanced attacks and data breaches on their networks. Our team is responsible for developing and deploying ML models that protect organizations worldwide by not only detecting malicious cyber-attacks but also driving actions autonomously disrupting attackers at machine speed.

We are seeking a talented Applied Scientist with excellent technical skills and a desire to make significant impact through data and research. A successful candidate will be self-directed, generate novel ideas, plan, experiment, implement and ship to production efficient Machine Learning and AI solutions.

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.

Responsibilities

• Develop ML models to detect and disrupt cyber-attacks.

• Stay informed about the latest advancements in Machine Learning, including Large Language Models, Graph Neural Networks and Anomaly Detection, and apply these to complex cybersecurity challenges.

• Collaborate with security experts to integrate their knowledge into ML models.

• Work with truly Big Data sources to distil data for training of ML models.

• Integrate your ML models with production systems, follow the results and iterate.

Qualifications

• M.Sc./PhD in Computer Science (or equivalent)

• Have 2+ years of Machine Learning experience (or PhD graduate)

• Highly hands-on in Software Development

• Capable of driving challenging projects from an idea to production

• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and independently

• Great people skills, teamwork, and collaboration

Preferred Qualifications

• Cyber security background and keen interest (big plus)

• Publications of AI-related research

• Industry/Research experience with LLM fine-tunning, Anomaly Detection, graphical methods

• Software development in C#/Java/C+#MSFTSecurity #MDE #Research

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .