Senior Data & Applied Scientist

Microsoft

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Work type
On-site
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
23 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Feb 15, 2027

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This role $177k
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This role pays more than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $144,732–$213,470 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $179k for comparable roles.

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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 598 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Data & Applied Scientist

The Senior Data & Applied Scientist joins the AI for CELA team to transform how legal, regulatory, and policy professionals manage knowledge and navigate complex environments. You will identify and frame ambiguous problems, creating project plans that translate technical measures into meaningful outcomes for business clients and engineering teams. Your daily work involves building AI-enabled knowledge management tools to convert fragmented communications into structured data, while developing solutions for continuous regulatory intelligence, including tracking changes and performing impact assessments. You will utilize statistical analysis, machine learning, generative AI, natural language processing, large language models, and agentic workflows. To succeed, you must write production-quality code in Python or R, use SQL for data management, and design human-in-the-loop systems that ensure responsible, secure, and auditable outcomes within the legal and regulatory domain.

What you'll do

  • Translate ambiguous legal and regulatory problems into clear project plans, roadmaps, and measurable success criteria.
  • Acquire and prepare structured and unstructured data while identifying risks related to privacy, security, and bias.
  • Develop machine learning and generative AI models for classification, retrieval, summarization, and metadata extraction.
  • Build automated systems for monitoring regulatory changes and producing traceable impact assessments.
  • Write production-quality code to prototype and operationalize scalable solutions in partnership with engineering teams.
  • Define evaluation metrics and human-in-the-loop workflows to ensure accuracy and consistency in AI outputs.
  • Establish responsible AI practices and best practices for data and engineering across the organization.

What we're looking for

  • A Doctorate, Master's, or Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field combined with 1, 3, or 5 years of data science experience respectively.
  • Advanced knowledge of statistical analysis, experimentation, algorithms, machine learning, and AI (preferred).
  • Experience managing, transforming, and analyzing structured and unstructured data using SQL and Python or R (preferred).
  • Experience developing, evaluating, or operationalizing scalable ML/AI systems including NLP, LLMs, and agentic workflows (preferred).
  • Demonstrated ability to own complex projects and make sound decisions amid ambiguity while collaborating across diverse disciplines (preferred).
  • Ability to translate ambiguous legal and regulatory problems into clear objectives, project plans, and measurable success criteria.
  • Ability to write production-quality code and partner with engineering teams for deployment and maintenance.
  • Ability to build partnerships with legal professionals and influence decisions through clear narratives and visualizations.

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