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Posted date: Feb 24, 2026
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Category: Data Science
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $158,000
Range: $100,600 - $215,400
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewCome join us in the Azure Core Economics team, explore your passions, and impact the world! If you join the Azure Core Economics team, you will join a group of economists, data scientists, and software engineers within Azure Engineering that tackles a variety of data-intensive problems related to cloud economics that are of critical importance to Microsoft. Our team collaborates with many other teams in Microsoft on problems such as pricing, demand estimation and forecasting, commerce incentives, capacity management and planning, cost modeling, geo-expansion, fraud detection, yield management, virtual machine bin packing, and others.
As a Data Scientist II in the Azure Core Economics team, you will be responsible for leveraging large amounts of data to deliver products, prototypes, and actionable economic insights that drive improvements to Azure’s business. You will collaborate with colleagues in a wide range of disciplines on teams such as Azure Engineering, Business Planning, Capacity, Supply Chain & Provisioning, Finance, Microsoft Research, and the Office of the Chief Economist.
This opportunity will allow you to gain experience working on unique cutting-edge problems on the intersection of cloud computing, data science, economics, engineering, and research; develop deep expertise in economics, the cloud business, and a wide range of data science domains; and accelerate your career growth in an interdisciplinary environment. The team is supportive of flexible work, and candidates may work from home up to 2 days per week regardless of where they are located or as often as they would like if they have no collaborators in a Microsoft office within 50 miles of their residence.
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
Acquires data necessary for successful completion of project and utilizes querying, visualization, and reporting techniques to describe acquired dataUnderstands existing code to write efficient and readable code for their own specific feature and collaborates with other engineering teams to integrate data models into engineering systemsUnderstands modeling techniques and selects the correct approach to prepare data, train and optimize the model, and evaluate the output for statistical and business significanceAssists with testing models on applications, real data, and production data, and analyzes model performanceAssists in interpreting results, developing insights, and communicating results and insights to customers and stakeholdersEngages with colleagues to understand strategy goals, explore opportunities for data science applications, and identify growth opportunitiesLearns and understands tools, techniques, strategies, and processes that can be utilized to improve process efficiency and performance
Qualifications
Required Qualification:
Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related fieldOR Master's Degree 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 consulting experienceOR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ 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 QualificationsDoctorate 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.Proficiency with relational databases and SQL, statistical packages in R, and standard libraries in PythonExperience with distributed big data analytics (using, for example, Apache Spark, Hadoop, Azure Data Lake, or Cosmos)Solid understanding of and experience working with statistical inference techniques, machine learning models, and causal inference research designs.#azurecorejobs
Data Science IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.
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https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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.