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Posted date: Dec 01, 2025
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Category: Data Science
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $188,900
Range: $119,800 - $258,000
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 50.0%
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewDo you thrive on solving complex problems, uncovering insights, and shaping innovative solutions that make a real impact? Are you excited by the challenge of turning data into actionable strategies for some of the world’s most influential organizations? At Microsoft, we believe in empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our team embraces a growth mindset, values authenticity, and encourages diverse perspectives. We combine technical excellence with creativity to deliver life-changing innovations that impact billions globally. If you’re passionate about machine learning, AI, and driving business transformation through data, this is your opportunity to lead and inspire.
The Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD) Engineering & Architecture Group (EAG) is a global consulting and engineering organization that supports our most complex and leading-edge customer engagements. Driving early-stage deliveries, enhances ISD’s technical capabilities, and partnering with others to develop approaches, innovative solutions, and engineering standards in order to set our sales and delivery teams up for success. Leveraging the principles of model, care, and coach, we provide consistent high-quality customer experience through technical and AI leadership and IP capture centered on delivery truth.
As a Senior Data Scientist, you will own end-to-end delivery of strategic data science projects and partner with customers and internal teams to design and implement advanced analytics and AI solutions that create measurable business impact. This role blends deep technical expertise with consulting and stakeholder engagement, enabling you to influence decisions and guide adoption of data-driven strategies.
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
Business Understanding & Impact
Own delivery of complex, high-impact data science solutions for strategic engagements.Collaborate with stakeholders to define business problems and translate them into actionable solutions.Develop project plans, assess risks, and ensure alignment with strategic objectives. Data Preparation & Modeling
Acquire, clean, and prepare large datasets for modeling.Build and deploy predictive and prescriptive models using modern machine learning techniques.Write efficient, maintainable code and ensure scalability for production environments.Insight & Communication
Present findings to senior stakeholders using compelling storytelling and visualizations.Simplify complex ML/AI concepts for diverse audiences to drive understanding and adoption. Collaboration & Consulting
Act as a trusted advisor to internal teams and customers, ensuring solutions meet business needs.Promote responsible AI practices and transparency in model development.Mentor team members and foster best practices across the organization. OtherEmbody our culture and values.
Qualifications
Required/minimum 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.2+ years customer-facing, project-delivery experience, professional services, and/or consulting experience. Additional or 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.Proven consulting and stakeholder engagement skills with proven ability to influence decisions.Proficiency in Python and SQL; experience with cloud platforms (Azure preferred).Knowledge of Responsible AI principles and ethical data practices.Experience with broader software engineering lifecycle practices, including version control, testing, CI/CD, and production deployment of ML solutions. . Experience with AI-assisted coding practices and specification-driven development.
Data Science 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:
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.
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