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AI Engineer Contract - Microsoft
AI Engineer
Contract AI Engineer building rapid prototypes and evaluating emerging AI technologies using Python and machine learning techniques to bridge research and real‑world applications.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with researchers, engineers, designers, and product partners to assess and integrate cutting‑edge AI technologies.
- Design, develop, and iterate rapid prototypes that translate research concepts into production‑ready solutions.
- Implement machine learning models and pipelines using Python, ensuring scalability and performance.
- Conduct experiments, analyze results, and provide actionable insights to guide product strategy.
- Document architecture, code, and best practices for cross‑team knowledge sharing.
Requirements
- Strong programming skills in Python with experience in ML libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit‑learn).
- Hands‑on experience building end‑to‑end ML prototypes and deploying them in a cloud environment.
- Solid understanding of AI research fundamentals and the ability to translate theory into practice.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset for working across multidisciplinary teams.
- Experience with rapid prototyping tools and version control (Git) is a plus.
Skills
pythonmachine learning