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As a data scientist at Microsoft AI, you will be tasked with helping us to maximize our GPU utilization while solving real issues in the AI frontier. Are you passionate about solving the most ...

Understand latest scientific advancements and collaborate with leading researchers to incubate ... Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Overview The Microsoft AI Web Data team is looking for a highly qualified Principal Applied Scientist to help build the next-generation platform for Bing and Microsoft AI. The Microsoft AI Web Data ...

We work in collaboration with Microsoft product teams, partners, and open-source communities to ... Data scientists have data management and expertise in developing statistical techniques to analyze ...

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Our Growth and Data Science team spans both Microsoft's Developer Division and AI Foundry. We accelerate CoreAI's mission by delivering insights, reporting, models, and tools that guide product ...

We work in collaboration with Microsoft product teams, partners, and open-source communities to ... Data scientists have data management and expertise in developing statistical techniques to analyze ...

Overview Microsoft Advertising (MSA) is a worldwide Sales, Marketing, Business and Operations ... Market Sciences Team within MSA is hiring Senior Data Scientist with expertise in the areas of:

Principal Applied Scientist

Redmond, WA · On-site

$188K - $304K/yr

In this role, the Principal Applied Scientist will design and implement state-of-the-art machine ... Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Overview The Core Recommendation Ranking team in Microsoft AI Copilot Discover Engineering Org is looking for a passionate and experienced applied scientist architect who wants to build the next ...

If so, this applied scientist/ML engineer position on Bing multimedia relevance team will be a ... Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

We work in collaboration with Microsoft product teams, partners, and open-source communities to ... We are hiring a Senior Data Scientist to help drive high-impact engineering projects with our ...

Data Scientist - Pricing

Redmond, WA · On-site

$133K - $219K/yr

We are growth strategists who enable the Microsoft mission by creating durable profit growth through high-impact monetization strategies, packaging, and pricing. We are seeking a Data Scientist ...

Applied Scientist

Redmond, WA · On-site

$133K - $219K/yr

... the Microsoft Cloud to strengthen quality, reliability, security, and customer trust. As part of ... In the new era of AI, this role within Engs Ops Data & Applied Sciences team will provide you the ...

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As of Jun 6, 2026, the average yearly pay for microsoft scientist in the United States is $111,343.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $94,500.00 and $137,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.
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Senior Data Scientist - Microsoft Advertising

Senior Data Scientist - Microsoft Advertising

Microsoft

Redmond, WA • On-site

$158K - $258K/yr

Full-time

Posted 9 days ago


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8.6

Company rating: 8.6 out of 10

Based on 125 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

47th of 186 rated software companies


Job description

Overview
We are inviting you to join the Microsoft Advertising Data Science Team. Microsoft Advertising platform is the single stop shop for all monetization needs for Publishers and Advertisers globally. Our team manages the marketplace, which includes monitoring business metrics, defining metrics, building analytical & experimentation frameworks, and enabling leadership to make data driven decisions. The team works across Engineering, Product and Business to address complex data science problems across users, advertisers, and publishers.
We are looking for a Senior Data Scientist who is willing to work in a dynamic environment to solve real life day to day problems, leveraging data science techniques. You will enjoy and be successful in this role if you are curious and willing to challenge the status quo and come up with data driven solutions to ambiguous problems.
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.
Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.
Responsibilities
  • 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.

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.

Preferred Qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in at least one of programming languages like Python/R/MATLAB/C#/Java/C++
  • Comitted organizational, analytical, data science skills.
  • Ability to solve problems that the world has not solved before.
  • Experience with real world system building and data collection, including design, coding and evaluation.
  • 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.

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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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Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 100 datacenters and 1 million servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide. With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

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