Principal Data Scientist

$137,600 - $294,000/Yr

Microsoft - Cambridge, MA

Full-time - Senior

Cambridge, MA

5,001-10,000 employees

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Principal Data Scientist role at Microsoft involves driving high-impact engineering projects with customers and partners, utilizing AI and cloud-based solutions to transform their missions. This position requires collaboration with a cross-functional team to develop innovative solutions, manage data effectively, and contribute to open-source projects. The role emphasizes a customer-oriented approach, leveraging statistical techniques to analyze data and identify trends, while fostering a culture of inclusion and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Oversee data acquisition and ensure data is properly formatted and described.
• Coach engineers in data cleaning and analysis best practices.
• Identify gaps in current data sets and drive ethics and privacy discussions around data collection and preparation.
• Evaluate team models and recommend improvements as necessary.
• Drive best practices for models and develop operational models that run at scale.
• Conduct thorough reviews of data analysis and modeling techniques, and identify and invent new evaluation methods.
• Research and maintain a deep knowledge of the industry, including trends and technologies, to identify strategy opportunities and contribute to thought leadership best practices.
• Write extensible code that spans multiple features and develop expertise in proper debugging techniques.
• Define business, customer, and solution strategy goals, and partner with other teams to identify and explore new opportunities.
• Commit to a customer-oriented focus by acknowledging their needs and offering pragmatic solutions that align with their data capabilities.
• Embody the company's culture and values.

Requirements

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years of data-science experience OR Master's Degree in the same fields AND 7+ years of experience OR Bachelor's Degree in the same fields AND 10+ years of experience OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of customer-facing, project-delivery experience, professional services, and/or consulting experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years of data-science experience OR Master's Degree in the same fields AND 10+ years of experience OR Bachelor's Degree in the same fields AND 12+ years of experience OR equivalent experience.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development
• Tuition reimbursement