Applied Scientist: Internship Opportunities

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.   

As a Data Scientist intern, you will formulate approaches to solve problems using well defined algorithms and data sources. You will incorporate an understanding of product functionality and customer perspective to provide context for those problems. You will use data exploration techniques to discover new questions or opportunities within your problem area and propose applicability and limitations of the data. Successful Data Scientists will interpret the results of their analysis, validate their approach, and learn to monitor, analyze, and iterate to continuously improve. You will engage with peer stakeholders to produce clear, compelling, actionable insights that influence product and service improvements that will impact millions of customers. As a Data Scientist, you will also engage in the peer review process and act on feedback while learning innovative met 

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. 

***Our interns work part time, all year round***

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

• Gain a basic understanding of a broad area of research and applicable research techniques, as well as a basic knowledge of industry trends and share your knowledge with immediate team members 
• Apply strategies provided by Senior team members. Following guidance from team leaders, research relevant tools and technologies being used in the community 
• Reinforce a positive environment by learning and adopting best practices. Maintain & develop ties with an external network of peers and identify prospective talent for Microsoft research pipelines 
• Assist with documentation for senior team members. Learn and follow ethic and privacy policies while exeuctive research processes or collecting information 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Infromation Systems, Industrial Engineering or Data Science.
• Currently pursuing M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Data Science or related field AND relevant internship experience (e.g. statistics, predictive analytics, research in Machine Learning)
• Proficiency in using Python and SQL
• Strong theoretical bacground in classical Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
• Hands-on experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs): building applications, conducting experiments, and being familiar with techniques to evaluate their performance.
• Must have at least 3 semesters remaining for graduation (graduation date: January 2026 and onward)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in setting up and working in Cloud environment.

• Relevant publications in machine learning / NLP / data mining journals and conferences (e.g., ICML, KDD, AAAI, NeurIPS, ICLR, ACL, WSDM, ICDM)

• Experience with deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch

• Previous experience as an ML or MLOps Engineer

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.

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