Principal Data Scientist at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

18 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

20 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Data Science, Statistical Techniques, Experimental Design, Programming Languages, Problem Solving, Interpersonal Skills, Communication, Collaboration, Metrics, User Value Measurement, Business Value Measurement, Data Collection, Real World System Building, Analytical Skills, Organizational Skills, Cross-Cultural Collaboration

Industry

Software Development

Description

Measurement: Define, invent, and deliver metrics which accurately measure user and business value across various products and marketplace components. Experimental Design: Think critically about sampling and experimental design across User and Demand dimensions. Product Iteration: Interpret the results of analyses, validate approaches, and learn to monitor, analyze, and iterate to continuously improve. Cooperation: Partner effectively with program management, engineers, and other areas of the business across our Consumer online business Influence: engage with stakeholders to produce clear, compelling, and actionable insights and data-science driven workflows that influence product and service improvements. Make independent decisions for the team and handle difficult tradeoffs. Translate strategy into plans that are clear and measurable, with progress shared out monthly to stakeholders. Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ 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 7+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR equivalent experience. 5+ years of experience in at least one of programming languages like Python/R/MATLAB/C#/Java/C++ Experience in applying statistics, designing experimentation and metrics particularly in Advertising platforms. Organizational, analytical, data science skills and intuition . Problem solver: ability to solve problems that the world has not solved before , Interpersonal skills: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration. Experience with real world system building and data collection, including design, coding and evaluation. Excellent communication to be able to communicate insights to senior leaders. Experience with driving large collaboration across multiple teams. Experience with communicating with different audiences to provide insights. Demonstrated experience in applying statistics, experimentation and metrics to generate clear actionable insights.

Responsibilities

The Principal Data Scientist will define and deliver metrics to measure user and business value, and design experiments to validate approaches. They will also engage with stakeholders to provide actionable insights that influence product and service improvements.