Data Scientist II
MicrosoftBellevueUpdate time: April 8,2020
Job Description

Online Advertising is one of the fastest growing businesses on the Internet today, in 2017 over $90 billion were spent in US digital ad spend and it is expected to grow over $100 billion by end of 2018. The rapid growth of online advertising has generated enormous opportunities as well as technical challenges that demand computational intelligence. Bing is a multi-billion-dollar business for Microsoft, run by diverse set of individuals, with a growth mindset to provide an optimal platform to its Users and Advertisers.As part of a software company with powerful innovations and part media company with global properties, at Microsoft Ads we bring both our technical and creative side to the table. Through incisive analytics, we know who cares – both when and where. We understand how to get in front of the right people at the strongest point of influence. Above all, we love data and excel at interpreting it for our partners.

 

 

Responsibilities

The Marketplace and serving team, is an extraordinary R&D team of passionate and talented scientists, engineers and program managers who seek to tackle challenging problems and turn creative ideas into high-quality products and services that can help millions of users and advertisers, and directly impact our business. Goal of the team is to maintain a fair balance between revenue and relevance trade-offs to efficiently handle the return on investment for various marketplace partners. The Marketplace team is responsible of leading an ads marketplace, some of which include Experimentation Management, Publisher Management, Deep analytical insights to advance new feature development. We are looking for high-energy, creative data geek who is willing to work in a dynamic environment. In this role, you would love to solve ambiguous problems through analyzing big data. You are expected to learn & understand the search ads ecosystem, its various interactions and key performance drivers. Responsibilities Include:Provide creative solutions to marketplace problems using data driven approach, both in short and long termDeliver robust and scalable solutions to improve Users' and advertisers' experience on BingWork closely with various feature teams, evaluating the feature impact on Bing marketplaceBe a ‘Go-To’ person for any data analytical needs ranging from data extraction/manipulations, long term trend analysis, statistical analysis and Machine learning modelsUse hypothesis driven approach to answer analytical questions, provide recommendations to the leadership teamsShare standard methodologies and documentation across teams

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:-              

Bachelor’s degree or above in a Computer science, STEM, related engineering or Business-related field with strong emphasis on data analytics             

2+ years of experience in Data mining and qualitative analytics

3+ years of industry experience

Curious mind and willing to tackle complex business problems

Understanding of Machine learning & statistical analytical tools

 

Preferred skills:

Be Skillful at C/C++/C#, SQL programming, python, R

Have a strong interest in online advertising products business models and system architectures

Experience in online Ad space is a plus Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form. 

 

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the

country where you work.

 

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