Senior Data Scientist, M365 Copilot, Agents & Platform

Microsoft

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$119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 20, 2027

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TL;DR · Senior Data Scientist, M365 Copilot, Agents & Platform

Senior Data Scientist - M365 Copilot, Agents & Platform - Turing Team joins the Turing team to advance large language models and conversational search experiences. This role involves preparing and analyzing large-scale datasets, designing evaluations, and running experiments to drive evidence-based decisions for M365 Copilot. You will own the analytical lifecycle, including data discovery, study design, and generating product recommendations. Key responsibilities include building representative evaluation datasets for diverse scenarios like information retrieval and coding, as well as owning A/B testing for optimization hypotheses. You will use Python, SQL, KQL, and R to process structured and unstructured multimodal logs. The work focuses on building core platform capabilities and pioneering AI-powered experiences, ensuring high standards of security, quality, and trust across the enterprise and consumer productivity ecosystem.

What does a Data Scientist earn?

Median $173200 from 338 postings across 66 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Write Python, SQL, and KQL code to prepare and analyze large-scale customer feedback and multimodal logs.
  • Build representative evaluation datasets for diverse scenarios including information retrieval, coding, and technical support.
  • Design evaluation coverage for text and voice inputs across single- and multi-turn conversations.
  • Own experiment design and impact measurement for optimization hypotheses, including success metrics and guardrails.
  • Conduct side-by-side evaluations to compare LLM-based and human results while assessing statistical significance.
  • Develop decision-relevant metrics and dashboards to translate complex analyses into actionable product recommendations.
  • Present analytical findings and limitations to technical and executive audiences to guide key product initiatives.
  • Provide mentorship through analytical code reviews and guidance on study design and data science best practices.

What we're looking for

  • Must have a Doctorate and 1+ years of data science experience, a Master's and 3+ years, or a Bachelor's and 5+ years of experience.
  • Must have equivalent experience to the degree and years of experience requirements.
  • Must be able to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
  • Must be able to write efficient code in Python, SQL, KQL, or similar languages to analyze large-scale datasets.
  • Must be able to design experiments, build evaluation datasets, and translate results into actionable product recommendations.
  • Must be able to communicate technical details clearly to both technical and executive audiences.
  • Must have 4+ years of experience using Python, SQL, KQL, R, or similar languages to analyze large-scale structured and unstructured datasets (preferred).
  • Must have experience driving cross-organizational communication and end-to-end analytical problem solving in complex domains (preferred).

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