Microsoft · 23 hours ago
Principal Data Scientist
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
5+ years expMicrosoft is looking for a Principal Data Scientist to join the Bing organization, which is focused on enhancing user engagement with search engines. The role involves driving improvements to the A/B experimentation platform and developing metrics that influence major Bing initiatives.
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Responsibilities
Inform future directions of Bing’s A/B experimentation platform, and drive improvements to it
Establish long-term A/B experimentation capabilities
Understand A/B online experiments, online user engagement and produce actionable, trustworthy conclusions
Develop strategies for understanding correlation between set of key Bing metrics and define overall ship decision criteria
Continuously improve measurement of the key metrics and update the metrics according to new instrumented signals
Develop tools to help analyze the movement of the metrics to help feature teams to understand why their changes impact the metrics
Qualification
Required
Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years 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
Experience in SQL-like query languages
Experience in design & problem-solving skills with one or more programming languages, such as Python, Java, C# or C++
Preferred
Familiarity with online A/B experimentation
Familiarity with large-scale online products, dealing with online instrumentation
Experience with large datasets and interest in consumer online search behaviors
Ability to work independently, influence others, and solid communication and collaboration skills
Company
Microsoft
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