Sr Data Scientist - FDE - Security Check (SC) Clearance

Salary: £70,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements

• We require a Bachelors, Masters, or Doctorate degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field, plus data science experience managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques, and reporting results.
• We require demonstrated experience or a strong interest in working in customer-facing environments.
• We require comfort with a travel requirement of approximately 25%.
• The successful candidate must have or be able to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance issued by the United Kingdom Security Vetting Unit (UKSV), and must meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.

Responsibilities

• We acquire the data necessary for project plans and develop usable data sets for modeling.
• We update internal best practices for data collection and preparation, and contribute to data integrity conversations with customers.
• We evaluate our teams models, recommend improvements, drive model best practices, and develop operational models that run at scale.
• We conduct thorough reviews of data analysis and modeling techniques, and identify and invent new evaluation methods.
• We research and maintain deep knowledge of the industry, including trends and technologies, to identify strategy opportunities and contribute to thought leadership best practices.
• We write extensible code across multiple features and develop expertise in proper debugging techniques.
• We define business, customer, and solution strategy goals, and partner with other teams to identify and explore new opportunities.
• We apply a customer-oriented focus to understand customer needs and help drive realistic customer expectations.
• We embody our culture and values.

Technologies

• AI
• Cloud
• LESS
• Security
• Data-Science

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We are Microsoft, and our Frontier Company Engineering team works in a Forward Deployed Engineering model, embedding directly within customer teams to solve complex challenges and ship production-ready AI-powered, cloud-based solutions quickly. We operate in small, multidisciplinary teams alongside software engineers, data scientists, technical program managers, and designers, collaborating with Microsoft product teams, partners, and open-source communities to create reusable solution patterns. This Senior Data Scientist role is based in London, United Kingdom, is remote with no in-office days, involves less than 25% travel, and supports UK Defense and Intelligence work. We offer a competitive package, a wide range of benefits, an informal and flexible work environment, and a culture grounded in growth mindset, inclusion, respect, integrity, and accountability.

last updated 35 week of 2026