Job Description

Bing Image and Video Search products have been recognized as industry-leading and are consistently the biggest contributors towards Bing's growth. Billions of new images, animations and videos are being created and shared every day and consumers are spending the bulk of their internet time consuming multimedia content. Users can search images using a text query or through the camera captured image (Visual Search). This brings huge new business opportunities and engineering challenges. Take this opportunity to join the elite Bing Image & Video product team and be a big player at the forefront of this revolution!

This is an energetic team with a startup atmosphere, where anything is possible. It is a KPI & experiment driven, agile & adaptive, high performance team. A key part of your role will be to improve the ranking algorithm for image and video search by leveraging the latest deep learning techniques, constant experimentation, development of new metrics to measure quality and analysis of user behavior. In addition, the candidate will get to work on new experiences for image & video including recommendations.

A key part of your role will be to ensure that as our Image index grows dramatically, it has the best selection of images & pages, and the image stack is performant. This can lead to significant engagement and growth for Bing. In addition, the candidate will get a chance to work on developing new recommendation scenarios for MSN and Windows.

Work closely with Development, and Research teams to deliver a highly relevant video and image search experience to the end user. Ideal candidate should be able to work on the entire Search Stack including User Experience, Ranking, Measurement and Index Quality.
Define the next generation pipeline for Multi-Media Index that works better with Web Platform, define a universal search service that leverages page content better and ensures that the Multi-Media service is performant.
Define & improve Image recommendation and personalization results for Bing and other consumer scenarios. Candidate will work with Content Feeds, MSN and Windows to drive new scenarios.
Enhance Image and Video stack to make it more performant and deep learning friendly for text and visual query.
Do User Studies, propose experiments and write specifications for features that need to be productized.
Research and design new measurement techniques and metrics.
Drive projects to completion in a timely manner.
Prioritize requirements and do multi release planning.

Required Qualifications:

A Bachelor or Master degree in Computer Science or a related discipline.
5+ years' experience of software product cycle, either functioning as a program manager to drive features from initial planning, design, to implementation and release, or working as a software developer.
2+ years of cross group collaboration experience.
1+ years of experience with A/B testing, experimentation and data analysis
Ability to quickly adapt to new technology and go deep in new focus areas.
The ability to collaborate effectively with a large number of partners and customers and translate requirements into a product vision and roadmap and excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent Analytical Skills

Preferred Qualifications:
Search industry experience is preferred.
Understanding of Large Scale Distributed Data Systems, Big Data, Machine/Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing and Data Mining.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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