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Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineer(SuperIntelligence team)

2026-01-08

United States, Washington, Redmond +2 more

4 days / week in-office

Overview Help build the infrastructure that powers training, evaluation, and data platforms for reliable deployment of world-class foundational AI models. We are on a mission to create state-of-the-art AI models and deploy them across Microsoft products at an unprecedented scale.You’ll collaborate across engineering and research to design, evolve, and operate core research infrastructure, so that product teams can train faster, evaluate more rigorously, and ship with confidence. You’ll work closely with the teams that transform pre-trained models into the consumer Copilot experience.Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization to achieve more, and we build on values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive. Microsoft Superintelligence Team This role is part of Microsoft AI's Superintelligence Team. The MAIST is a startup-like team inside Microsoft AI, created to push the boundaries of AI toward Humanist Superintelligence—ultra-capable systems that remain controllable, safety-aligned, and anchored to human values. Our mission is to create AI that amplifies human potential while ensuring humanity remains firmly in control. We aim to deliver breakthroughs that benefit society—advancing science, education, and global well-being. We’re also fortunate to partner with incredible product teams giving our models the chance to reach billions of users and create immense positive impact. If you’re a brilliant, highly-ambitious and low ego individual, you’ll fit right in—come and join us as we work on our next generation of models! Responsibilities <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Design and build core platform services for scalable training and evaluation, including cluster orchestration, job scheduling, data and compute pipelines, and artifact management.</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Standardize containerized workflows by maintaining Docker images, CI/CD, and runtime configurations; advocate for best practices in security, reproducibility, and cost efficiency.</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Implement end-to-end observability and operations through metrics, tracing, logging, dashboard development, monitoring, and automated alerts for model training and platform health (using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Architect and operate services on Azure cloud platforms, managing infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Helm), secrets, networking, and storage.</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Enhance developer experience by creating tools, CLIs, and portals that simplify job submission, metrics analysis, and experiment management for generalist software engineering and research teams.</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Enforce security and compliance policies for data access, container hardening, and supply-chain integrity, and partner with security and privacy teams to maintain robust practices in multi-tenant environments and secret management.</li><li style="margin:0.0in 0.0in 8.0pt 0.0px;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Collaborate cross-functionally with data, model, and product teams to align infrastructure roadmaps with training needs, evaluation protocols, and Copilot product goals.</li></ul> Qualifications Required/minimum 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.Additional or preferred qualifications<ul><li>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.</li><li>Apply strong software engineering fundamentals in distributed systems, networking, and storage while building large-scale distributed applications on cloud platforms.</li><li>Build systems for AI research teams, with a solid understanding of training and evaluating large language models (LLMs).</li><li>Leverage hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and the Linux container ecosystem to drive platform reliability and scalability.</li><li>Orchestrate data and compute pipelines using tools like Airflow or Argo, manage streaming systems (Kafka/Event Hubs), and handle object storage (Azure Blob/S3-compatible).</li><li>Develop internal portals and CLIs for job lifecycle management, experiment tracking, and metrics visualization to support operational efficiency.</li><li>Manage GPU cluster operations (scheduling, isolation, utilization), high-performance computing (HPC), and experiment orchestration for machine learning training.</li><li>Implement container security practices and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support robust, reproducible deployments.</li></ul> 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: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Principal Data Engineer, Data Center Supply Chain

2026-01-09

United States, Washington, Redmond +1 more

3 days / week in-office

Overview Applies in-depth knowledge of the business, the evolving data landscape, tools, and technologies, and the lineage of those data to proactively identify opportunities. Commits to a customer- and/or stakeholder-oriented focus. Establishes themselves as an expert in data sources, formats, and data quality issues, and shares expertise to reinforce best practices and guide others. Guides others to, and shares insights, analytical expertise, and relevant data-driven results through various means. Consults and provides recommendations for the ideal factors to include in formal experimentation or the development of prototypes/proofs of concepts that are likely to yield the most reliable assessment of impact. Conducts thorough review of data analysis and analytical modeling techniques used to summarize the process review and highlight areas that have been missed or need to be reexamined. Establishes and leverages working relationships within and across teams to ensure alignment and quality execution of data sourcing, methods, model development and application, and the optimal use of analytical tools and processes. Ensures they are consistently aware of changes to, and maintain expertise in data privacy and security requirements, responsible and ethical data handling and AI practices, and that classification and governance rules and regulations are consistently applied in work activities and results. Responsibilities <div>Data Analysis</div><div><div><ul><li>Applies expertise in data, business, and customer needs to determine optimal analytical and statistical techniques and leads others through the execution of complex analyses involving multiple data sets and/or sources. Interprets results within relevant business contexts and addresses business and/or research questions with actionable recommendations. Identifies gaps in analytical tools and models and guides others to do the same, provides feedback on features and/or functions, and recommends changes to architecture, tools, and/or techniques to collect, analyze, and share data-driven insights, while ensuring alignment with business and/or research needs. Anticipates the risks of data leakage, analytical tradeoffs, methodological limitations, etc., and can guide teammates on solutions.</li></ul><div><img style="height: 18px; width: 3px;" src="https://msrolelibrary.microsoft.com/assets/Rectangle.svg" alt="responsibility description">Data Model Evaluation</div><div><div><ul><li>Conducts thorough review of data analysis and analytical modeling techniques used to summarize the process review and highlight areas that have been missed or need to be reexamined. Ensures alignment on definitions and standards across stakeholders to support consistency in data model usage across stakeholders and/or teams. Utilizes results of the assessment and process review to decide on next steps (i.e., deployment, further iterations, new projects). Coaches and mentors less experienced analysts as needed. Identifies new evaluation approaches, metrics, and methodologies to evaluate data models and promotes their use across teams.</li></ul><div>Orchestration and Collaboration</div><div><div><ul><li>Establishes and leverages working relationships within and across teams to ensure alignment and quality execution of data sourcing, methods, model development and application, and the optimal use of analytical tools and processes. Partners with internal and external stakeholders to provide guidance on the adoption of recommended data sources and analytical best practices to address business needs and deliver key insights and results. Strategically leverages thought leadership and expertise to draw insights and lead innovation to address use cases and/or evolving business needs. Proactively manages and leads actions across their network of peers to leverage data, resources, and solutions that were instrumental to success in similar contexts, and shares expertise across teams (e.g., vendors) to inform decisions related to data sourcing, analyses, and the interpretation of analytical results.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div> Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications<div><ul><li>Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 4+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 6+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></div><div> </div><div>Additional or preferred qualifications<div><ul><li>Master's Degree in Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 8+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Analytics, Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Economics or related field AND 12+ years experience in data analysis and reporting, data science, business intelligence, or business and financial analysis OR equivalent experience.</li></ul></div></div> Data Analytics IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $130,900 - $251,900 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 $165,600 - $272,300 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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Software Engineer II - AI Frameworks

2026-01-08

United States, Washington, Redmond +1 more

3 days / week in-office

Overview Are you looking for opportunities to deliver innovations to hundreds of millions of users that impact their daily life? Do you want to be part of a fast-cycle, highly competitive, and hardcore artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) frameworks team with ambitious goals to advance AI technology? The AI Frameworks team at Microsoft develops software that pushes the cutting edge of performance and experience in machine learning in production and research. We bridge the gap between the latest state-of-the-art AI models and hardware eco-systems. We build software to enable running AI models everywhere, from the world’s fastest super cloud computers, to servers, desktops, mobile phones, internet of things (IoT) devices, and internet browsers. The framework we develop is powering AI experience for all major Microsoft products, such as Windows, Office, Microsoft 365, Bing, SQL Server, VSCode, Cognitive Service, Copilot+ PC, and many others. Responsibilities As a Software Engineer II on the team the common tasks of the job would include, but not be limited to:<ul type="disc"><li>Work on design, implement, and test a function or component for our AI/ML frameworks and tools </li><li>Work on speeding up/reducing complexity of key components/pipelines to improve performance and/or efficiency of our systems </li><li>Interacting and collaborating with our partners both internal and external </li><li>Interacting with and providing tech support for our customers/users </li><li>Embody our  <a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fabout%2Fcorporate-values&data=05%7C02%7CGeorge.Wu%40microsoft.com%7C8c87d993228140db84b408dd0360224e%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638670433615711521%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=7p1WKLs2spOJw3CSmWqNyP8SZxH8d2xfkSeojz9TuVs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Culture </a>and <a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcareers.microsoft.com%2Fus%2Fen%2Fculture&data=05%7C02%7CGeorge.Wu%40microsoft.com%7C8c87d993228140db84b408dd0360224e%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C0%7C638670433615735255%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=YXJWg02JsDXcFReZV4IA0HWCBOFAWcmBZYKw6mVCLTA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Values</a> </li></ul> Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications<ul type="disc"><li>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.</li></ul>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: <ul type="disc"><li>Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.</li></ul>Additional or preferred qualifications<ul type="disc"><li>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.</li><li>2+ years of experience in AI frameworks, large scale distributed computation, system programming, compiler or machine learning. </li><li>2+ years of experience successfully collaborating with cross functional teams, owning deliverables and driving results to meet business objectives. </li><li>Experience working on systems performance optimization.</li><li>Working with Open-Source code.</li><li>Experience developing Inference software stack.</li></ul> 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: <a href='https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay'>https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay</a> This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html">requesting accommodations.</a>

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