Applied / Research Scientist Roles?

Oct 25, 2020 6 Comments

I currently work as an SDE-1 at Microsoft. I have a strong command over ML and data science, research experience at some good labs during my MS, some good workshop publications and data science internships as well.

Do I stand a chance in Applied Scientist roles? I am guessing research scientist positions need a PhD.

If anyone can provide some insight, I can DM. I’ll be super grateful! #tech

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  • Google
    zombye

    Go to company page Google

    zombye
    For Applied Scientist role at MSFT, yes you are qualified. Just find a good team that has head count and you can try internal transfer.

    Google and Facebook have no such thing as Applied Scientist. Only SWE or research scientist, which yes usually requires a PhD and very few head count these days.
    Oct 25, 2020 2
    • OP
      Thanks for the response! What about data scientist roles at Google? Any idea?
      Oct 25, 2020
    • New
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      Data scientists at google are usually PhD statisticians doing A/B and significance testing on various products
      Oct 25, 2020
  • New
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    Applied Scientist - no PhD required but usually need 1-2 first author papers. Usually does not publish papers in this role (more about implementing/translating research papers to business problems). Best to work as a research engineer then pivot to applied scientist on the same team.

    Research Scientist - need PhD. Publishes 1-2 papers per year in the role. Less about translating existing papers to business problems and more advancing the state of the art. Tends to serve as a marketing/PR/recruiting role for the company
    Oct 25, 2020 1