Senior Applied Scientist

Microsoft Corporation • Hyderabad, India • Posted June 15, 2026

Position Overview

**Overview**

**Be the voice behind the future—join us to build transformative speech technology for multilingual, intelligent experiences that reach billions.**

Microsoft is pioneering next-generation AI-driven speech solutions across global languages for voice agents, video translation, and call centre analytics.

**Role summary**

As a **Senior Applied Scientist** in Microsoft’s **Azure Speech team** , you will develop advanced multilingual speech models, LLM speech finetuning and multimodal generative AI powering real-time transcription, intelligent voice agents, and multilingual speech solutions across Microsoft products and enterprise solutions. Your work will impact millions—enabling next-generation human–machine experiences for diverse markets, with a keen focus on India.

In this strategic role, you will have significant ownership on technical direction and drive innovation in speech recognition, AOAI customisation, and generative AI...