42 applicants

Company

Microsoft · 4 days ago

Principal Data Scientist

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Remote

Lead/Staff

$138K/yr - $267K/yr

10+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Working closely with a variety of teams like partner data science, engineering, and UX teams.

Developing ML models and solutions using classical algorithms as well as foundation models.

Deploying these solutions into production.

Measuring and reporting success, using A/B and shadow experiments, creating dashboards and reports as necessary.

Using data to answer business questions like potential impact and usage.

Customer journey, NSAT, churn, retention analysis.

Presentation of work in the team and at Microsoft, such as during Town Halls and MLADS.

Supporting business impact and evaluation supported decision making culture.

Qualification

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Data ScienceMachine LearningStatistical TechniquesProgramming C#Programming PythonProgramming SQLProgramming KustoData VisualizationStatistical TestsDeep LearningData StorytellingDecision TreesGradient DescentLogistic RegressionNeural Networks

Required

Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)

OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 7+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)

OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)

OR equivalent experience.

Have at least 8 years of programming experience and ability to use different languages like: C#, Python, SQL, Kusto, etc.

Have at least 5 years experience using data, investigating data, answering questions & solving puzzles using data, data visualization, and storytelling with data which required attention to detail.

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check.

This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background check.

Preferred

Publication history in respected data mining and AI conferences and journals.

Deep understanding of statistics and statistical theory.

Have at least 3 years of experience in statistical tests.

Experience in deploying machine learning models for production usage.

Have taken qualifying courses on machine learning concepts including, and not limited to: decision trees and forests, gradient descent, logistic regression, deep neural networks, etc.

OR Equivalent Experience

Company

Microsoft

Glassdoor

4.3

Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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