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Principal Data Scientist

Microsoft

London, United Kingdom
Full-Time
Posted Oct 16, 2025
3 days / week in-office

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About the role

Principal Data Scientist - Industry Solutions Engineering

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 your team's 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, so that you can 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 offer customer pragmatic solutions that align with their data capabilities.
  • Embodiment of our culture and values.

Requirements

  • Doctorate OR Master's Degree OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND significant years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) OR equivalent experience.
  • Proficient in Python
  • Additional or Preferred Qualifications (PQs): Proficient in additional programming languages such as C#, Java, and C/C++.
  • Skilled in building and maintaining models in various domains, including computer vision, forecasting, recommendation systems, and NLP.
  • Familiar with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch; experience with GenAI/LLMs is a plus.
  • Customer-facing, project-delivery experience, professional services, and/or consulting experience.

Benefits

  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Opportunities to network and connect

About the Company

The Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team is a global engineering organization that works directly with customers looking to leverage the latest technologies to address their toughest challenges.

Job Details

Salary Range

Salary not disclosed

Location

London, United Kingdom

Employment Type

Full-Time

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