Senior Data Scientist

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 3 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 21, 2027

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Above market

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Similar $158k

This role $177k

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This role pays more than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $126,800–$189,187 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $158k 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 694 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 651 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Data Scientist

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The Senior Data Scientist joins the AI Experiences team to build next-wave capabilities for the personal AI, Copilot. In this role, you will describe and measure how people use the product by developing metrics for usage and quality. You will drive product insights, opportunity analysis, and new instrumentation approaches to evaluate feature performance through experimentation. Daily tasks include performing hands-on analysis of large volumes of telemetry data using various algorithms, enabling A/B experimentation, and storyboarding data to influence leadership. Required skills include managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques, and reporting results. Preferred technical competencies include proficiency in Python, R, or C#, prompt engineering, and using LLMs. You will also build data pipelines to support analytics and experiment scenarios within a fast-paced, design-driven product development cycle.

What does a Data Scientist earn?

Median $173200 from 338 postings across 66 companies.

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Skills

Python R C# LLMs Prompt Engineering A/B Testing Data Pipelines Machine Learning Statistical Analysis Data Mining Telemetry Data Product Analytics Data Storytelling

What you'll do

Develop metrics to measure Copilot usage and quality.
Drive product insights and opportunity analysis to support Microsoft Copilot efforts.
Design new instrumentation and measurement approaches to evaluate new feature performance.
Enable and execute A/B experimentation for new features.
Perform hands-on analysis of large volumes of telemetry data using various algorithms.
Storyboard data and communicate insights to influence leadership and key decision makers.
Build data pipelines to support analytics and experiment scenarios.

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 specified degree and years of experience requirements.
Must be able to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Must have experience managing structured and unstructured data and applying statistical techniques to report results.
Must be able to perform hands-on analysis of large volumes of telemetry data using various algorithms and tools.
Must be able to develop metrics, drive product insights, and enable A/B experimentation for new features.
Proficiency in programming or scripting languages like Python, R, or C# to work with data (preferred).
Experience with prompt engineering, LLMs, data pipelines, and product analytics (preferred).