JOB DETAILS
Senior Applied Scientist
CompanyMicrosoft
LocationCopenhagen
Work ModeOn Site
PostedNovember 27, 2025

About The Company
Every company has a mission. What's ours? To empower every person and every organization to achieve more. We believe technology can and should be a force for good and that meaningful innovation contributes to a brighter world in the future and today. Our culture doesn’t just encourage curiosity; it embraces it. Each day we make progress together by showing up as our authentic selves. We show up with a learn-it-all mentality. We show up cheering on others, knowing their success doesn't diminish our own. We show up every day open to learning our own biases, changing our behavior, and inviting in differences. Because impact matters.
Microsoft operates in 190 countries and is made up of approximately 228,000 passionate employees worldwide.
About the Role
- Deliver impactful solutions by executing high‑leverage data science and analytics initiatives within a product area or feature team, ensuring measurable improvements to user and business outcomes. - Lead the design and implementation of advanced model fine‑tuning pipelines, including Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF), to align AI system behavior with user intent and improve performance in real‑world scenarios. - Own complex, end‑to‑end projects that combine technical depth with cross‑functional collaboration, influencing feature direction and prioritization rather than broad organizational investment decisions. - Foster alignment and trust across partner teams through clear, actionable communication and collaborative problem‑solving. - Develop and maintain robust measurement systems, experimentation frameworks, and causal inference methodologies tailored to dynamic AI systems and enterprise‑scale environments. - Mentor and support peers by sharing best practices, reviewing designs, and contributing to a collaborative, high‑performance team culture. - Leverage AI to streamline workflows and enhance team productivity through intelligent automation and innovation. - Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Master's Degree in Statistics, - Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field OR equivalent experience.
Key Skills
Data ScienceAnalyticsReinforcement LearningModel Fine-TuningCross-Functional CollaborationMeasurement SystemsExperimentation FrameworksCausal InferenceMentoringAIAutomationCommunicationProblem-SolvingTechnical DepthUser IntentProductivity
Categories
TechnologyData & AnalyticsScience & ResearchEngineering
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
Deliver impactful solutions through data science and analytics initiatives, ensuring measurable improvements to user and business outcomes. Lead the design and implementation of advanced model fine-tuning pipelines to enhance AI system performance in real-world scenarios.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
2-5
💼Company Size
226389
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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