**Overview**

The Bing Places team is building intelligence that powers local search experiences used by millions of people every day.

We are looking for a **Senior Applied Scientist** to help design, build, and ship advanced AI and machine learning solutions—spanning large language models (LLMs), retrieval augmented generation (RAG), learning‑to‑ranking, and entity understanding—to deliver high‑quality, trustworthy local search experiences at scale.

As a **Senior Applied Scientist** on Bing Places, you will

+ work on challenging problems that require deep technical expertise and a focus on real‑world impact.
+ work end‑to‑end: from problem formulation and data analysis, through model development and experimentation, to production deployment and live flighting.
+ collaborate closely with engineering and product partners to develop, experiment with, and ship models that operate at Microsoft scale, while contributing to the broader scientific ...