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Data Science - Forward Deployed Engineer: PhD Internship Opportunities

Microsoft· Data Science
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Redmond, WA$6.8k/mo - $13.5k/mointernshipPosted 4d ago

About the role

Microsoft Frontier Co. offers a PhD Forward Deployed Engineer Intern opportunity within the Data Science team, focusing on developing scalable, production-ready AI solutions, partnering with engineers and product teams, and driving measurable business outcomes for customers.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and assess data by using querying, visualization, and reporting techniques to identify key attributes, quality considerations, and project impact.
  • Develop, train, optimize, and evaluate models using appropriate statistical and machine learning approaches to address business objectives.
  • Design and analyze controlled experiments, communicate findings to stakeholders, and connect technical metrics with business outcomes.
  • Partner with engineering teams to operationalize models, supporting performance, scalability, monitoring, maintenance, and integration into production systems.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners to define evaluation metrics and improve artificial intelligence system and product performance.

Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field, with at least one academic quarter or semester remaining after completion of the internship.
  • Must have at least one additional quarter/semester of school remaining following the completion of the internship.
  • Candidate must be enrolled in a full time bachelor's, masters, MBA, or PhD program in area relevant for the role during the academic term immediately before their internship.

Skills

Nice to have:Programming experience in data science / MLCollaborative data science project delivery

Benefits

  • The base pay range for this internship is USD $6,810.00 - $13,480.00 per month. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area (USD $8,920.00 - $14,610.00 per month).
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • Additional benefits and pay information available at the provided link.
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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