Overview
As an Applied Science PhD Intern at Microsoft, you will be at the forefront of technological innovation, working collaboratively to bring research to life in our products and services. You'll gain expertise in cutting-edge research areas, apply advanced concepts to real-world needs, and use state-of-the-art tools to make a tangible impact on product quality and business outcomes. You'll contribute to the creation of intelligent solutions through data analysis, modeling, and machine learning, ensuring our products remain at the leading edge of innovation.
At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.

Responsibilities
• Design, implement, and evaluate machine learning and AI solutions for real-world product scenarios.
• Analyse and improve the performance of advanced algorithms on large-scale datasets.




• Translate business and product challenges into machine learning research problems and experimental frameworks.
• Design and execute rigorous experiments to evaluate model effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop, train, fine-tune, and evaluate machine learning models, including Large Language Models (LLMs) and Small Language Models (SLMs).
• Build scalable prototypes and AI-powered systems that can be deployed in production environments.
• Prepare, clean, and analyse large datasets while ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Develop cutting-edge approaches to model evaluation, benchmarking, and performance optimization.
• Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and product teams to bring research breakthroughs into Microsoft products and services.
• Document research findings, communicate results, and contribute to technical reports, publications, patents, or open-source ini

📌 Applied Sciences INTERN (India)
🏢 Microsoft
📍 India