Data Scientist

Microsoft

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Remote

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Mar 14, 2027

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Similar $159k

This role $152k

$89k most similar roles pay here $222k

This role pays less than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$191,875 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $159k for comparable roles.

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About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

Microsoft currently has 658 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 642 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Data Scientist

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Data Scientist As a Data Scientist, you will own the end-to-end delivery of strategic data science projects while partnering with internal teams and customers to design advanced analytics and AI solutions. You will be responsible for translating complex business problems into actionable strategies, acquiring and cleaning large datasets, and building predictive and prescriptive models using modern machine learning techniques. Your daily work involves developing generative AI applications for text, image, and multimodal workflows, as well as implementing prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and evaluation strategies for large language models and foundation models. You will utilize your expertise in statistical techniques to manage structured and unstructured data while ensuring ethical AI principles like fairness and transparency. The role requires communicating complex machine learning concepts through storytelling and visualizations to drive adoption of data-driven solutions across various business functions.

What does a Data Scientist earn in Remote?

Median $194500 from 36 postings across 19 companies.

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Skills

Machine Learning Generative AI Large Language Models Prompt Engineering Data Science Statistics Data Preparation Fine-tuning

What you'll do

Own the end-to-end delivery of complex data science and AI solutions for strategic consulting engagements.
Translate business problems into actionable AI-driven solutions by collaborating with key stakeholders.
Build and deploy predictive models using modern machine learning techniques on large datasets.
Develop and integrate generative AI applications, including prompt engineering and fine-tuning of foundation models.
Write efficient, maintainable code to ensure scalability for production environments.
Present findings to senior stakeholders using compelling storytelling and data visualizations.
Act as a trusted advisor to promote responsible AI practices like fairness and transparency.

What we're looking for

A Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field.
A Master's Degree in a relevant field and 1+ year of data science or consulting experience.
A Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field and 2+ years of data science experience.
Equivalent experience to the specified educational and experience requirements.
Experience managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques, and reporting results.
Ability to build, deploy, and integrate predictive models and generative AI applications into workflows.
Proficiency in prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and evaluation strategies for large language models.
Skills in storytelling and visualization to communicate complex ML/AI concepts to senior stakeholders (preferred).

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