← All roles

Data Scientist 2

Microsoft· Data Science
Apply on company site
NorwayNOK 628k - NOK 1018kfull-timePosted 4d ago

About the role

Data Scientist at Microsoft Development Center Norway (MDCN) focusing on solving complex problems and delivering insights to drive innovation for global user experiences. Full-time, on-site in Norway offices (Oslo, Trondheim, Tromsø).

Responsibilities

  • Apply data analysis, AI, and modelling techniques to understand user behaviour, identify opportunities, and inform product improvements.
  • Write robust, reusable, and extensible code to support analysis, modelling, and operationalization at scale.
  • Use AI-powered tools in daily work to accelerate analysis, experimentation, and solution development.
  • Develop and maintain metrics and evaluation frameworks to assess the quality, performance, and impact of services.
  • Drive data-driven decision-making by presenting clear, actionable insights to senior leaders and stakeholders.
  • Collaborate in a cross-functional environment with local and remote partners to deliver scalable, elegant, and impactful solutions.
  • Acquire, prepare, and validate datasets for analysis and modelling, while contributing to best practices in data collection and data quality.
  • Evaluate and improve existing products to ensure intelligent services evolve to meet user needs.
  • Design, evaluate, and optimize prompts and fine-tuning strategies for large language models.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctorate degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field, with relevant experience in data science, such as working with structured or unstructured data, applying statistical methods, and communicating results; OR equivalent experience.
  • Software engineering experience covering software engineering best practices (code quality, repository hygiene, code reviews, unit testing, design documentation, continuous integration, and deployment).
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements (Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years).

Skills

Required:Data analysisCoding for analysis and modellingAI toolsMetrics and evaluationCommunication with stakeholdersData preparation/validation
Nice to have:Prompt engineering / fine-tuning (LLMs)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Microsoft

Cloud ComputingConsumer ElectronicsSoftwareTechnologyliquid-ai-recruiting-target
Company profileWebsite

More open roles at Microsoft