# Principal Applied Scientist

OverviewWe’re looking for a Principal Applied Scientist to help shape the intelligence and reasoning capabilities at the heart of Copilot. This role is ideal for a scientific leader with deep expertise in generative AI, machine learning, and deep learning, and a solid track record of translating advances in AI into innovative, user-facing experiences at scale. As part of the Copilot and Agents Core (CACore) organization, you will work on Copilot Chat Orchestration, bringing together LLM reasoning, tools, and enterprise knowledge to create intelligent, context-aware Copilot experiences. The scientific challenges span LLM reasoning and planning, agentic systems, tool use and orchestration, grounding, evaluation, and the rapidly evolving capabilities of frontier models. You will work closely with applied scientists, engineers, and product managers to define and advance the scientific direction of these systems. You will lead ambitious initiatives from early exploration and experimentation through to production, developing new approaches, establishing rigorous evaluation methodologies, and translating research breakthroughs into reliable, high-quality AI capabilities. Microsoft’s missi

- **Id**: 4264546
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-applied-scientist-16>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T06:43:54Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T16:21:51Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

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- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 119100
- **Max**: 178700
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 236405

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **Function Calling** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **Reinforcement Learning** — Optional: no
- **Recommender Systems** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T16:21:51Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Licensed UK visa sponsor (Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker); Route: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker; Skilled Worker

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- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
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- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T18:20:11Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 236405
- **Is top pay**: yes

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