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Microsoft

Principal Data Scientist

Redmond, WA, US · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 hours ago
PythonSQLData EngineeringData ScienceLLMsStatisticsA/B TestingOKRsForecastingResearchLeadershipMentoring

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Sponsors this role100
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds40
Fits your clock70

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Green-card filing pattern in this occupation

Context, not a finding about this posting: of this employer's 108 green-card filings in this occupation, 100% were for a worker who already held the job.

Green-card follow-through: 87%

Of 741 labor certifications old enough to have been used, 96 expired without the employer filing the next step. Median time from filing to decision: 439 days.97% of their filings were for a worker who already held the job.Only certifications past the 180-day window are counted — recent ones cannot have expired yet.

Reported a layoff in this occupation

In a green-card filing decided 2026-06-22, this employer stated it had laid off workers in Data Scientists (WA) during the preceding six months. 3 such filings on record.Describes the period before that filing, not necessarily today. Unlike WARN notices this is occupation-specific and federal.

Files H-1B transfers

1131 transfer filings in the last year, covering 1131 workers. Median labor-condition decision: 7 days. An employer that already files transfers is one that can take over an existing H-1B.

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About the role

  • Define the analytics vision, operating model, and multi-year roadmap for Fill-Up Colo OKR and program reporting.
  • Establish data contracts, lineage, quality controls, reconciliation standards, and decision rights across capacity, power, network, reservation, deployment, and financial data.
  • Set technical standards for scalable data products, semantic models, experimentation, performance, reliability, and responsible AI.

Requirements

  • 3+ years people-management experience.
  • Master's degree or doctorate in data science, computer science, statistics, engineering, operations research, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of experience with SQL and analytical programming using Python, R, or a comparable language.
  • 5+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional data or analytics programs from strategy through production adoption.
  • Experience influencing senior leaders and establishing alignment across organizations with competing priorities and ambiguous ownership.
  • Deep experience in datacenter capacity planning, network and power infrastructure, hardware deployment, colocation operations, or cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience designing predictive, prescriptive, optimization, anomaly-detection, or generative AI solutions for operational decision-making.
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