Software Engineer II Core AI

Job description

Core AI is at the forefront of Microsoft’s mission to redefine how software is built and experienced.

We are responsible for building the foundational platforms, services, programming models, and developer experiences that power the next generation of applications using Generative AI.

Our work enables developers and enterprises to harness the full potential of AI to create intelligent, adaptive, and transformative software.



  

We build platforms to handle AI workloads for customers and have a significant business impact on products that ship across all Microsoft groups as well as enterprise customers.

One of the key challenges with AI-platforms solutions is how to distribute, manage and connect different compute platforms, handle the provisioning, scheduling of workloads across different platforms and run the user logic in those computes in an efficient and secure way.

With the increasing demand and limited supply of GPUs, it becomes critical to handle the workloads to consume the resources efficiently.

Our team within AI Platform is trying to build cloud services built on Kubernetes to solve this problem.

  

We are looking for a Software Engineer II - Core AI who will define the future of engineering systems and developer productivity.

In this role, you will build high-scale distributed services for test automation, and build and utilize AI agents and extensions to significantly reduce the time Microsoft’s engineers spend on build validation.



 

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.

**Responsibilities**

We seek highly innovative experienced engineers to take the path ahead for services to support machine learning solutions, work on highly distributed platforms with 24x7x365 service availability and tight service level agreement (SLA) and build comprehensive and intuitive end-end solutions to delight our customers.

+ Work on the architecture, design and development of the core compute services powering AzureML to tackle challenging AI problems using state-of-the-art neural models such as GPT4o and OSS models.
+ Develop, test and maintain backend services written in C# hosted on Kubernetes clusters and Docker containers.
+ Support multiple consumption of APIs through python SDK, CLI, UX.
+ Enhance systems and applications to ensure high stability, efficiency, & maintainability, low latency, tight cloud security.

**Qualifications**

**Required/minimum qualifications**

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ 2+ years of experience in object oriented programming (OOP) in any programming language.

**Other Qualifications**

+ 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:**

+ Experience with distributed systems at scale.
+ Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ 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 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR equivalent experience.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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.

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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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