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Senior Data Scientist
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Texas, Irving | |
| 7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map) | |
 Jul 03, 2025 | |
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OverviewAt Microsoft for Startups (MfS), we believe in the power of startups to drive innovation and solve the world's toughest problems. Our team's mission is to help these companies build, scale, and thrive-by providing them with cutting-edge tools, deep technical expertise, and the insights they need to succeed. As part of our data science team, you'll be at the heart of this effort, helping to shape intelligent products and programs that fuel the next generation of entrepreneurial success. As a Senior Data Scientist, you'll lead high-impact research, build predictive models, and develop metrics that guide strategy across our startup ecosystem. You'll identify opportunities, design and scope new data projects, and apply advanced machine learning and statistical techniques to real-world challenges. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth as a technical leader, deepen your expertise in applied AI and cloud technologies, and expand your influence through highly visible, strategic work across Microsoft's startup programs. We offer flexible work options, and this role can be performed partially or fully from home.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.
ResponsibilitiesYou will acquire the data necessary for your project plan and develop usable data sets for modeling. You'll also update internal best practices for data collection and preparation, and contribute to data integrity conversations with customers.You will evaluate your team's models and recommend improvements as necessary, drive best practices for models, and develop operational models that run at scale. You'll also conduct thorough reviews of data analysis and modeling techniques, and identify and invent new evaluation methods.You will research and maintain a deep knowledge of the industry, including trends and technologies, so that you can identify strategy opportunities and contribute to thought leadership best practices. You'll also write extensible code that spans multiple features, and develop expertise in proper debugging techniques.You will define business, customer, and solution strategy goals, and partner with other teams to identify and explore new opportunities. You'll also apply a customer-oriented focus to understand their needs, and help drive realistic customer expectations. | |