Microsoft
Applied Science: PhD Internship Opportunities, Turing
Redmond, WA · On-site · Internship · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a Doctorate Degree in a stated or related field; must also meet the stated full-time enrollment requirement.
About the job
Conduct applied science research and build prototypes that improve machine-learning algorithms and AI applications for Microsoft products and services.
What you'll do
- Analyze and improve algorithms on large-scale datasets; design experiments to address product challenges.
- Implement prototypes of scalable AI systems and prepare or adapt data for modeling.
- Explore research methods and industry trends, and share knowledge with the team.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Have at least one additional quarter or semester of school remaining after the internship.
- Be enrolled full time in a relevant bachelor’s, master’s, MBA, or PhD program during the academic term immediately before the internship.
Nice to have
- Relevant research publications, coursework, or project experience in search, language models, recommender systems, geospatial or location intelligence, or content and commerce systems.
- Experience with controlled experiments and evaluation metrics, distributed systems, or productionizing applied science solutions.
Pay
USD $6,810.00 - $13,480.00 per month (base salary); USD $8,920.00 - $14,610.00 per month (base salary)
Tools
Machine Learning (ML), AI, LLM, SLM
AI focus
Applies machine learning and AI to product scenarios, including algorithm research, data analysis, modeling, and scalable AI prototypes.
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