Senior Data Scientist
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA
Job posting number: #7319945 (Ref:ms-1901476)
Posted: October 30, 2025
Job Description
As a Senior Data Scientist part of Cadets, you will own evaluation analytics end‑to‑end: curate datasets from customer and production signals; author binary‑first rubrics; build LLM (Large Language Model)‑as‑judge graders and work on high‑quality synthetic data generation to scale evaluations with experience in human‑match rates. You’ll partner with PM/Eng/Design and VIP customers to ship quality gains and AI features with confidence.
You’ll Thrive Here If You Have:Evaluation proficiency for LLM/agent systems: dataset curation, rubric design, human‑in‑the‑loop grading, judge prompts with quantitative agreement goals.
Experience in analytics & experimentation skills (statistical inference, A/B), plus Python/SQL for large‑scale trace analysis.
LLM fundamentals: prompt engineering, few‑shot design, retrieval metrics, multi‑turn/agent trace evaluation.
Data quality mindset: trace hygiene, metadata design, policy/PII awareness, and principled guardrails.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.


