Data Scientist

Lensa; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Lensa's client, Microsoft, is seeking a Data Scientist to join the Advertising Data Science Team in Mountain View, CA. This role involves leveraging data to drive insights and improve decision-making across products. Candidates must exhibit innovative thinking and have robust experience in data analysis and statistical techniques.

Qualifications

• Experience in customer-facing or consulting roles.
• 5+ years experience preferred with strong statistical, machine learning applications.
• Experience in A/B testing and data-driven insights is required.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver metrics for product success.
• Partner with various stakeholders to improve data science workflows.
• Conduct experimental design for user metrics.

Skills

Python/R

SQL

Statistical Techniques

Education

Doctorate in Data Science or related field

Master's Degree in Data Science or related field

Bachelor's Degree in Data Science or related field

Job description

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Lensa is the leading career site for job seekers at every stage of their career. Our client, Microsoft Corporation, is seeking professionals in Mountain View, CA. Apply via Lensa today!

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 Data Scientist with high-energy and are creative modeling geeks who are 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.

Responsibilities

• Measurement: Define, invent, and deliver metrics which accurately measure success 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.
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field
• OR 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 tec
• OR 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 tec
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in customer-facing, project-delivery, professional services, and/or consulting.
• Experience in the following programming languages like Python/R, SQL, C#.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years data-science experience in managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results
• Experience in applying statistics and ML models to generate clear actionable insights.
• Experience in A/B testing, metrics and/or time series analysis.
• Experience with communicating with different audiences to provide insights
• Experience in solving complex business problems.
  
  

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.

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

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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