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This knowledge powers Microsoft 365 Copilot, Cowork, Autopilot, WorkIQ, GitHub CLI, and future AI experiences by making external content, permissions, relationships, and business context available as trusted, AI-ready enterprise knowledge. This allows customers to manage knowledge and automations that cuts across many system of records and workflow system right in Microsoft Copilot.\nCopilot Connectors team works across the stack, from crawl systems, data modelling, information extraction, indexing, query and retrieval, integrations into different hardness system, writing skills and plug-ins and hill climbing by building Eval systems. We manage a large footprint of connectors and our building set of agents which help us manage and scale the Connectors ecosystem. 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These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:\nMicrosoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. \nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) - OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) - OR equivalent experience.\n8+ years of experience across ML with a proven record for applying ML across production systems.\nExperience with enterprise AI, retrieval systems, agent architectures, or knowledge platforms, evals.\nExperience building evaluation frameworks and quality metrics for Agentic systems.\nExperience in enterprise space.\nProven ability to influence platform architecture and align cross-team roadmaps.\nWhy Join Us\nThe industry is moving beyond search and chat experiences toward AI agents that can understand, reason over, and act on enterprise knowledge. 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