Senior Research Scientist

**Senior Research Scientist (ML, AI for Good Lab - Social Impact)**:
Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France

Date posted

**Oct 15, 2025**
- Job number

**1891221**
- Work site

**2 days / week in-office**
- Travel

**0-25**%**
- Role type

**Individual Contributor**
- Profession

**Research, Applied, & Data Sciences**
- Discipline

**Research Sciences**
- Employment type

**Full-Time**

**Overview**:
**Why Join Us?**
- This is a unique opportunity to join the AI for Good team that is led by Microsoft’s Chief Data Scientist and Corporate Vice President. As a member of the Lab, you will work on projects that help save lives, alleviate suffering, and restore human dignity. Your work will be a fusion of AI development, data engineering, and collaborative solution-building with Microsoft’s partners, NGOs and government institutions. You will be surrounded by a collaborative team of leading researchers who are deeply committed to the mission of AI for Good. You will also have access to Microsoft’s technological resources and global scale to generate solutions to some of the most demanding and defining challenges of our time.
- Our research philosophy encourages knowledge sharing so you will contribute to the AI for Good research community by publishing papers, collaborating with leading academic institutions, and speaking and participating at leading industry events.
- We don’t do this work alone — we strongly believe in **co-development** with our partners, building solutions together that are user-driven, grounded in shared purpose and real-world impact.

**Qualifications**:
**Required/Minimum Qualifications**
- Doctorate in Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Geospatial Sciences, or other relevant field
- OR equivalent experience
- Demonstrable experience with building complex AI & ML models

**Additional or Preferred Qualifications**
- Experience building artificial neural networks
- Interest for public good and collaborative development
- 3+ peer-reviewed journal publications or conference presentations (preferably on Computer Vision and/or Remote Sensing)
- Demonstrable experience in delivering AI projects
- Knowledge of PyTorch
- Proficient written and oral communication skills
- Experience working with satellite imagery
- Experience working with a distributed team and with partners across disciplines

CELA

**Responsibilities**:

- Identify and curate diverse data sources for use in artificial intelligence and statistical modeling.
- Collaborate closely with AI research scientists, data analysts, data engineers, business and project stakeholders and incorporate their expertise into your analytical solutions.
- Partner with NGOs, academic institutions, and government agencies to help advance their efforts in addressing food security, environmental concerns, disaster resiliency, and health.
- Represent the Lab’s capabilities and projects to internal and external leadership audiences, delivering compelling written and oral presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Advance the research agenda for AI For Good initiatives: Prepare technical and scientific papers and presentations, and publish them internally and externally.

**Other**
- Embody our culture and values
- Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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Industry leading healthcare
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Educational resources
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Discounts on products and services
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Savings and investments
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Maternity and paternity leave
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Generous time away
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Giving programs
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Opportunities to network and connect