CareerPlan

Principal Data and Applied Scientist

United States, Washington, RedmondFull-time2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Transform business needs into measurable problems, develop GenAI/ML models, and drive product improvements through causal inference and behavioral modeling.

Role type

Principal Data and Applied Scientist

Builds

Production ML models and GenAI solutions for product and journey analytics

Domain

Enterprise data platforms, causal inference, user behavioral modeling, and GenAI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Causal inference, user behavioral modeling, GenAI model development, statistical analysis, experiment design, metric definition, Python, PySpark, SQL, Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, large-scale data platforms (Fabric, Synapse, Databricks, Snowflake)

Preferred skills

Reinforcement learning, fine-tuning, AI-powered coding tools, learner competency modeling

Responsibilities

Formulate business needs into discrete problems with measurable objectives, develop new ML/GenAI models using advanced techniques, lead evaluation and diagnosis of GenAI solutions, design experiments and perform causal analyses, deliver behavior-driven insights to drive product improvements, write robust and extensible code for analysis and modeling

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship