Senior Data Scientist
Senior Data Scientist on Microsoft's AI Experiences (AIX) team measures how people use Microsoft Copilot — developing usage/quality metrics, enabling A/B experimentation, and analyzing large-scale telemetry to drive product insights. Core toolkit: statistics, machine learning, experimentation, and Python/R/C#.
- Compensation
- $160.2K–$261K / yr
- Location
- United States, California, Mountain View
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Category
- Data science
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, CS or related field AND 1+ years data-science experience; OR Master's AND 3+ years; OR Bachelor's AND
- Must pass Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Nice to have
- Doctorate AND 3+ years data-science experience; OR Master's AND 6+ years; OR Bachelor's AND 8+ years; OR equivalent experience
- 1+ years leveraging complex data, applied data science, developing sophisticated algorithms, and executing large-scale A/B testing
- Experience with metrics creation, trend analysis prediction, measuring traffic patterns, and assessing experimentation results
- Proficiency in one or more programming/scripting languages like Python, R, or C#
- Experience with prompt engineering and using LLMs
- Experience building data pipelines to support analytics and experiment scenarios
- Experience working on product analytics to drive product improvements
- Dedication to writing clean, maintainable, well-documented code with focus on quality, performance, and security
- Interpersonal skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams, communicating complex concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends in web development and AI
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing requirements
Full description
Overview
As Microsoft continues to push the boundaries of AI, we are on the lookout for passionate individuals to work with us on the most interesting and challenging AI questions of our time. Our vision is bold and broad — to build systems that have true artificial intelligence across agents, applications, services, and infrastructure. It’s also inclusive: we aim to make AI accessible to all — consumers, businesses, developers — so that everyone can realize its benefits.
AI Experiences (AIX) is seeking a Senior Data Scientist to help build the next wave of capabilities of our personal AI, Copilot. We’re looking for someone who thinks deeply about measurement and human-AI interactions- in this role you help us describe and measure how people use Microsoft Copilot.
We seek a versatile data scientist who can architect solutions that stand the test of time and who will bring an abundance of positive energy, empathy, and kindness to the team every day, in addition to being highly effective. The Data Science team is responsible for driving insights to build great products and guide business decisions using statistical analysis, machine learning, experiments, data mining, and data storytelling.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Responsibilities
- Develop metrics for copilot usage and quality.
- Drive product insights, opportunity analysis, and track metrics to support efforts across Microsoft Copilot.
- Drive new ways of instrumentation and measurement approach to evaluate new feature performance through experimentation
- Enable A|B experimentation for new features.
- Hands-on analysis of large volumes of telemetry data using various algorithms and tools including your own
- Articulate insights, storyboard with data and communicate to influence leadership and other key decision makers
- Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively.
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle.
- Embody our Culture and Values.
QualificationsRequired Qualifications:
- Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) 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 3+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)