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Posted date: Mar 10, 2026
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Category: Applied Sciences
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $188,900
Range: $119,800 - $258,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 3 days / week in-office
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewThe IDEAS team (Insights, Data, Employee Experience, Agents, and Science), is one of the largest data science groups at Microsoft, our team plays a key role in providing data and analytics for M365 and owns the end to end ML and decision sciences charter. By joining our team, you will be at the heart of data, insights, machine learning, AI, and technology, lighting up actionable insights that drive key business decisions for the entire M365 organization.
As a Senior Applied Scientist in IDEAs team, you will be bringing relevant data into a central systems to create the single version of truth and perform opportunity analysis and hypothesis generation for stages throughout the end-to-end customer lifecycle. This opportunity will allow you to gain experience in designing, prototyping, implementing and testing descriptive, predictive analytics, forecasting, causal inference models and also thrive in a team environment that values cross team collaboration and building on the success of others.
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
You will build advanced machine learning models (behavior segmentation, churn prediction, purchase propensity, recommendation engines, causal inference etc.) with impact spanning engineering, marketing, and finance.As you identify and explore opportunities for the application of machine learning, AI and predictive analysis, you will partner with teams across product, marketing, sales and engineering teams.You will work with engineers to architect and develop operational models that run at scale.You will communicate with technical and non-technical audiences, and contribute with your modeling experience as a team player.You will tackle hard problems in innovative ways, drive self-directed initiatives, focusing on delivering the right results.
Qualifications
Required 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)OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR equivalent experience. Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.Preferred Qualifications:
Doctorate 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)OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ 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 7+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)OR equivalent experience. 4+ years of experience with SQL, R, Python to implement statistical models, machine learning, and analysis (Recommenders, Prediction, Classification, Clustering, etc.) in big data environment.1+ years experience on large scale computing systems like COSMOS, Hadoop, Spark, Flink, MapReduce and/or similar systems.Familiarity with deep learning toolkits, e.g. CNTK, PyTorch. #DPG
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Applied Sciences IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.