Senior Software Engineer CoreAI

Job description

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI applications are explosive growth areas in technology, transforming every business in every industry.

In this golden age of AI, Microsoft is committed to bringing state-of-the-art technologies to customers in a responsible, secure, and scalable manner.

Innovations in AI are helping enterprises fundamentally reshape their business, and Microsoft is a key player and market leader in this space.

 

We are looking for a **Senior Software Engineer - CoreAI** to join our team! Are you looking for an opportunity to solve business-critical problems for both Fortune 500 companies and startups globally, using cutting-edge AI and ML technology?

Do you enjoy tackling technical challenges and producing innovative solutions to real-world problems?

Then come join Microsoft’s AI Applied Engineering team! You will work alongside the industry’s best AI/ML engineering, data science, and product talent, engaging with some of the largest, most innovative customers and ISVs in the world.

 

The AI Applied Engineering team (part of Microsoft’s Core AI organization) acts as a forward-deployed AI task force.

Our mission is to co-innovate, incubate, and improve Microsoft’s AI platforms by applying them to real-world customer scenarios.

We build and infuse AI technologies into end-to-end solutions for strategic enterprise customers and ISVs across all domains.

Using Azure AI services like LLMs, Speech, Search and advanced techniques like model Fine Tuning, Evaluations along with Azure’s cloud infrastructure, we deliver AI-powered APIs, models, services and solutions that solve real problems.

Insights from these projects directly inform and enhance Microsoft’s Core AI platform, making our products more robust and scalable for all customers.

  We’re moving at startup speed but with the resources of one of the world’s largest companies – it's the best of all worlds.

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.

 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

 

This position will be located in either Redmond, WA or Mountain View, CA and offers a flexible work arrangement, allowing you to work in a hybrid model with 50% of your time from home and 50% from the office.

**Responsibilities**

+ Architect and develop end-to-end AI solutions: Design systems that span cloud services, on-premises systems, and edge devices.

Quickly learn and integrate new Azure services and AI technologies (LLMs, agents, fine-tuning techniques, etc.) into the solutions you build.

+ Embrace rapid experimentation: Take smart risks and prototype quickly.

Iterate fast on ideas, experimenting with bold approaches to find effective solutions.

Learn from successes and failures to continuously improve and refine our offerings.

+ Customer engagement: Work directly with Fortune 500 and startup customers and partners as a technical leader.

Understand their needs, tackle their most complex challenges with a customer-obsessed mindset, and deliver AI solutions that provide real business value.

+ Cross-team collaboration: Partner with product engineering teams, researchers, data scientists, and other engineers across Microsoft.

Bring the best of Microsoft’s innovations to each project and ensure our solutions are aligned with and influencing the direction of Azure AI platform services.

+ Technical leadership: Take initiative in driving projects and provide architectural guidance.

Mentor and guide fellow engineers and partner teams on AI solution design and best practices.

+ Knowledge sharing: Transfer insights and best practices to our partners and the broader community.

This may include writing sample code or documentation, training partner engineering teams, and presenting our work to customers or at industry events.

 

**Qualifications**

**Required Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR equivalent experience
+ 4+ years of proven technical problem solving, architecture, design, and implementation skills as evidenced by prior projects

**Other Requirements:**

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.

These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

+ Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR equivalent experience.

+ Experience with Generative AI, OpenAI GPT(Generative Pre-trained Transformer) models, Azure AI Services, and Machine Learning techniques

+ Experience in dealing with ambiguity, and handling changes in customer requirements

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year.

There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft posts positions for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

**#CoreAI**

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other 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, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .

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