Microsoft
Senior Data Scientist
$120K–$261K
Mountain View, CA +2 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Redmond, WA
Albany, NY - Experience
- Required: 1+ year with a doctorate, 3+ years with a master’s degree, 5+ years with a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience. Preferred: 3+ years with a doctorate, 6+ years with a master’s degree, or 8+ years with a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Doctorate, master’s, or bachelor’s degree in a listed related field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Develops measurement and product insights for Microsoft Copilot, using data science and experimentation to assess usage, quality, and feature performance.
What you'll do
- Develop metrics and measurement approaches for Copilot usage, quality, and new feature performance, including A/B experimentation.
- Analyze telemetry data to identify product insights and opportunities, and track metrics across Copilot.
- Communicate data-driven findings to influence leadership and other decision-makers.
What they ask for
- Data-science experience managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques, and reporting results.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
- Education and experience meeting one of the stated alternatives: doctorate plus 1+ year, master’s plus 3+ years, bachelor’s plus 5+ years, or equivalent experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with metrics creation, trend analysis, traffic patterns, experimentation results, product analytics, or data pipelines.
- Experience with prompt engineering and LLMs; proficiency in Python, R, or C#.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, R, C#, LLMs
AI focus
Measures human-AI interactions and Copilot usage and quality; preferred experience includes prompt engineering and using LLMs.
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