Get ready to operate at hyperscale! We are building new systems to optimize the millions of server nodes underlying the Microsoft Azure cloud. You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team chartered to understand and improve how hardware and software ingredients come together to form our Azure virtual machine (VM) products. Our work includes fleet optimization, server health/performance testing, representative benchmark construction, competitive comparisons, customer collaborations, server platform definition, and more.

As a Principal Data Scientist in this role, you will craft sampling experiments and perform analysis to characterize the behavior of Azure's mainstream server fleet. You will define sound approaches, based on statistical inference, to assess fleet health and performance, assess similarity between customer workloads and internal proxies, detect server behavior anomalies using telemetry, define sensible key performance indicators, and more. Based on the understanding you create, you will partner with software engineers and machine learning engineers to improve Azure products and customer experiences. Along the way, you will gain experience in hyperscale cloud computing, a fast-moving industry that permeates nearly every aspect of modern life. Our team is based in Redmond, WA, but this is a hybrid work opportunity, and you have the option to work from home.

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