Data Science PhD Internship Opportunities
London, United Kingdom Date posted: Jan 22, 2025 Job number: 1802796 Work site: Up to 50% work from home Travel: 0-25% Role type: Profession - Research, Applied, & Data Sciences Employment type: Internship Overview
Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead. As a Data Scientist PhD Intern at Microsoft, you will use machine learning, statistics, experiments, and more to build and improve great products while making business impact. You will collaborate with stakeholders, formulate approaches to solve problems, and use algorithms and data sources in the context of business and engineering needs. You will also combine your engineering abilities with analytical skills to enhance customer experiences. Our Data Scientists use innovative methods, algorithms, and tools daily to drive results throughout Microsoft devices, operating systems, products, and services and provide novel insights into business and customer scenarios. At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions, and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. 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. Qualifications
Required Qualifications (RQs) Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field. Must graduate before the end of 2026. You must be legally authorized to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Preferred Qualifications: Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results). Experience working as part of geographically dispersed, diverse, and virtual teams. Demonstrated ability to work with customers and collaborate across company boundaries. Experience with programming languages such as Python, R, or SQL. Responsibilities
Program Duration: July 2025-December 2025 (Full-Time Internship) Formulate approaches to solve problems using well-defined algorithms and data sources. Incorporate an understanding of product functionality and customer perspective to provide context for those problems. Use data exploration techniques to discover new questions or opportunities within your problem area and propose applicability and limitations of the data. Interpret the results of your analysis, validate your approach, and learn to monitor, analyze, and iterate to continuously improve. Engage with peer stakeholders to produce clear, compelling, actionable insights that influence product and service improvements that will impact millions of customers. Participate in the peer review process and act on feedback while learning innovative methods, algorithms, and tools to increase the impact and applicability of your results. Benefits
Industry leading healthcare, educational resources, discounts on products and services, savings and investments, maternity and paternity leave, generous time away, giving programs, and opportunities to network and connect. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please read more about requesting accommodations.
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London, United Kingdom Date posted: Jan 22, 2025 Job number: 1802796 Work site: Up to 50% work from home Travel: 0-25% Role type: Profession - Research, Applied, & Data Sciences Employment type: Internship Overview
Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead. As a Data Scientist PhD Intern at Microsoft, you will use machine learning, statistics, experiments, and more to build and improve great products while making business impact. You will collaborate with stakeholders, formulate approaches to solve problems, and use algorithms and data sources in the context of business and engineering needs. You will also combine your engineering abilities with analytical skills to enhance customer experiences. Our Data Scientists use innovative methods, algorithms, and tools daily to drive results throughout Microsoft devices, operating systems, products, and services and provide novel insights into business and customer scenarios. At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions, and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. 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. Qualifications
Required Qualifications (RQs) Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or a related field. Must graduate before the end of 2026. You must be legally authorized to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Preferred Qualifications: Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results). Experience working as part of geographically dispersed, diverse, and virtual teams. Demonstrated ability to work with customers and collaborate across company boundaries. Experience with programming languages such as Python, R, or SQL. Responsibilities
Program Duration: July 2025-December 2025 (Full-Time Internship) Formulate approaches to solve problems using well-defined algorithms and data sources. Incorporate an understanding of product functionality and customer perspective to provide context for those problems. Use data exploration techniques to discover new questions or opportunities within your problem area and propose applicability and limitations of the data. Interpret the results of your analysis, validate your approach, and learn to monitor, analyze, and iterate to continuously improve. Engage with peer stakeholders to produce clear, compelling, actionable insights that influence product and service improvements that will impact millions of customers. Participate in the peer review process and act on feedback while learning innovative methods, algorithms, and tools to increase the impact and applicability of your results. Benefits
Industry leading healthcare, educational resources, discounts on products and services, savings and investments, maternity and paternity leave, generous time away, giving programs, and opportunities to network and connect. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, please read more about requesting accommodations.
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