Overview

Microsoft Quantum is dedicated to solving the world’s intractable problems and altering our economic, industrial, academic, and societal landscape. In just hours or days, a quantum computer can solve complex problems that would otherwise take today’s computers billions of years! This has massive implications for research in healthcare, energy, environmental systems, smart materials, and more. Most importantly, Microsoft brings the only scalable quantum system to the broadest set of customers. For more information about our team, visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Hardware Engineer with a focus on device yield to join our team. This role is central to advancing our quantum hardware roadmap and requires deep expertise in superconductor and semiconductor physics, device fabrication, and crystal chemistry.

The successful candidate will lead efforts in designing robust test structures, and evaluating device performance across cryogenic and room temperatures. You will apply advanced statistical analysis and data mining techniques to extract insights from electrical tests and yield data, coordinate low yield components submissions for failure analysis investigations, collaborate across hardware and software teams to improve manufacturability, and contribute to scalable quantum device production.

Your work will directly inform design decisions, fabrication strategies, and future development efforts, helping shape the future of quantum computing.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.

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

• Conduct deep analysis of device performance across temperature regimes using statistical and exploratory techniques to extract insights from inline data, end of line room temperature electrical and cryogenic data.

• Develop scripts and applications that transform experimental data into strategic guidance for yield improvement and roadmap alignment.

• Design and implement test structures and programs to validate advanced design rules and extract key parameters for superconducting devices and interconnects.

• Collaborate with design and system teams to establish performance benchmarks, resolve circuit-level challenges, and scale manufacturability.

• Maintain and evolve PDKs and documentation, ensuring alignment across hardware teams and accessibility of design assets.

• Collaborate with process development engineers to articulate problem statements, formulate hypotheses and facilitate the resolution of yield issues.

• Other:

• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field AND 6+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment

• • OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field  AND 4+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment
• • OR Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field  AND 1+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment, could include completion of a post doctoral research position
• • OR equivalent experience.

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.
• • Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.

• Experience using AI to streamline research and manufacturing processes.

• Ability to design and build AI agents/copilots that assist with experiment setup, log triage, measurement report generation, protocol templating, and knowledge retrieval (e.g. instrument manuals, design docs).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field AND 3+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment, could include completion of a post doctoral research position

• • OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field  AND 6+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment
• • OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Physics, or related field  AND 8+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment
• • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with statistical Process Control (SPC), and Design of Experiments (DOE) principleFamiliarity with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools such as Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys, Mentor Graphics, or Keysight ADS.
• Deep understanding of superconducting and semiconductor physics, device fabrication, and solid state chemistry.
• Experience in developing code in high-level languages (e.g. Python, Matlab) in a version-controlled environment (e.g. Git).
• Experience designing and implementing interactive dashboards (e.g., using Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent) to visualize Pareto analysis and yield metrics, including drill-down capability for root cause identification and trend monitoring across process steps.
• Industry experience in semiconductor processing fundamentals (lithography, wet etch, dry etch, thin film deposition, etc.).
• Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES) for tracking work-in-progress (WIP) in a fabrication environment is highly desirable. Experience using MES platforms to monitor production status, optimize workflow, and ensure traceability of materials throughout the fab process is a strong asset.
• Data analysis skills with demonstrated ability to construct clear data-based problem statements and knowledge of quantum physics, behavior of semiconductors at cryogenic temperatures.

Quantum #QuantumCareers #MDQCareers

Quantum 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.

Overview

The HPC/AI (High performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence) team is on a mission to build the next-generation distributed AI supercomputer, enabling breakthroughs in artificial intelligence by delivering unmatched computational power, scalability and reliability. We design and develop cutting-edge infrastructure that supports high-performance AI model training at scale, laying the foundation for innovations that redefine what AI can achieve.

We are seeking passionate and innovative software engineers to design and build cutting-edge networking infrastructure that powers large-scale AI training. This role focuses on developing next-generation networking capabilities to ensure high performance, low latency, and minimal jitter for distributed AI workloads. You will play a critical role in enabling state-of-the-art AI systems to achieve their full potential.

As a Principal Software Engineer on the HPC/AI team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the next-generation networking infrastructure for AI training and inference in Azure Cloud. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of two of the hottest fields in technology: AI and high-performance computing. With the explosive growth of generative AI and the increasing demand for large-scale, low-latency systems, this area is at the forefront of innovation and impact. You will work across diverse network architectures and cutting-edge processor and accelerator technologies, driving the design and delivery of a comprehensive, end-to-end solution with a relentless focus on performance, scalability, and observability. If you’re passionate about groundbreaking technology, large-scale systems, and AI infrastructure, join us to build the platform that will power the future of AI supercomputing!

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.

Responsibilities

• Partner with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.

• Lead identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.

• Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.

• Design, develop, and optimize networking solutions tailored for large-scale AI training infrastructure. Architect and implement high-performance, low-latency, and low-jitter communication frameworks for distributed systems.

• Benchmark, analyze, and enhance the scalability and reliability of networking systems to handle petabyte-scale data transfer.

• Debug and resolve complex networking issues in large-scale, high-performance environments.

• Drive identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.

• Create, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).

• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.

• Proactively seek new knowledge and adapts to new AI trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

• 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.

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ 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 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

• Hands-on experience with networking technologies in AI-specific hardware (e.g., InfiniBand, ROCE, NVLink).

• In-depth understanding of networking protocols (e.g., Ethernet, TCP/IP, RDMA, gRPC) and distributed systems.

• Familiarity with network virtualization, software-defined networking (SDN), or network performance tuning.

• Familiarity with AI accelerators such as GPUs (NVIDIA, AMD) or TPUs, and how they interact with networking infrastructure.

• Experience with telemetry and observability tools for network monitoring at scale.

• Background in building scalable and fault-tolerant systems in large, distributed environments.

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.

Overview

The HPC/AI (High performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence) team is on a mission to build the next-generation distributed AI supercomputer, enabling breakthroughs in artificial intelligence by delivering unmatched computational power, scalability and reliability. We design and develop cutting-edge infrastructure that supports high-performance AI model training at scale, laying the foundation for innovations that redefine what AI can achieve.

We are seeking passionate and innovative software engineers to design and build cutting-edge networking infrastructure that powers large-scale AI training. This role focuses on developing next-generation networking capabilities to ensure high performance, low latency, and minimal jitter for distributed AI workloads. You will play a critical role in enabling state-of-the-art AI systems to achieve their full potential.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the HPC/AI team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the next-generation networking infrastructure for AI training and inference in Azure Cloud. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of two of the hottest fields in technology: AI and high-performance computing. With the explosive growth of generative AI and the increasing demand for large-scale, low-latency systems, this area is at the forefront of innovation and impact. You will work across diverse network architectures and cutting-edge processor and accelerator technologies, driving the design and delivery of a comprehensive, end-to-end solution with a relentless focus on performance, scalability, and observability. If you’re passionate about groundbreaking technology, large-scale systems, and AI infrastructure, join us to build the platform that will power the future of AI supercomputing!

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize networking solutions tailored for large-scale AI training infrastructure. Architect and implement high-performance, low-latency, and low-jitter communication frameworks for distributed systems.
• Benchmark, analyze, and enhance the scalability and reliability of networking systems to handle petabyte-scale data transfer.
• Debug and resolve complex networking issues in large-scale, high-performance environments.
• Drive identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Create, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
• Proactively seek new knowledge and adapts to new AI trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

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#, OR Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

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:

• 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 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 equivalent experience.
• In-depth understanding of networking protocols (e.g., Ethernet, TCP/IP, RDMA, gRPC) and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with network virtualization, software-defined networking (SDN), or network performance tuning.
• Hands-on experience with networking technologies in AI-specific hardware (e.g., InfiniBand, ROCE, NVLink).
• Familiarity with AI accelerators such as GPUs (NVIDIA, AMD) or TPUs, and how they interact with networking infrastructure.
• Experience with telemetry and observability tools for network monitoring at scale.
• Background in building scalable and fault-tolerant systems in large, distributed environments.

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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.

Overview

Microsoft Teams is at the forefront of transforming collaboration. We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Product Manager to lead the development of next-generation infrastructure and developer tooling for agents on the Microsoft Teams platform. In this role, you will own the vision, strategy, and execution of a critical component of Teams’ ecosystem that empowers developers to build intelligent, scalable agents—ranging from AI-powered assistants to automated task agents. You will work cross-functionally with engineering, design, marketing, and partner teams to deliver new A.I. driven extensibility solutions that enhance the depth of the Teams experience for millions of users and developer partners.

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.

Responsibilities

• Vision & Strategy:
• Define and communicate the long-term vision and strategy for the infrastructure and tooling that supports agents within the Microsoft Teams platform.
• Develop a comprehensive product roadmap that aligns with Microsoft’s broader cloud and collaboration strategies.
• Product Development & Lifecycle Management:
• Collaborate with engineering and UX teams to design, build, and launch scalable infrastructure solutions and developer tools that accelerate the creation and deployment of agents.
• Oversee the complete product lifecycle—from ideation and requirements gathering to development, launch, and continuous improvement.
• Cross-Functional Leadership:
• Lead cross-organizational teams, working closely with internal stakeholders (including engineering, security, compliance, and operations) to ensure product quality, scalability, and alignment with Microsoft’s architectural standards.
• Drive alignment between teams on critical initiatives, acting as the primary liaison between business, technical, and partner organizations.
• Developer Ecosystem & Engagement:
• Advocate for developers by gathering feedback, identifying pain points, and translating these into actionable improvements in the agent infrastructure and tooling.
• Champion best practices and foster a community around the use of Microsoft Teams as a platform for building intelligent agents, including providing thought leadership in developer experiences.
• Performance & Operational Excellence:
• Establish key performance metrics and success criteria to monitor and optimize the infrastructure’s performance, cost, and reliability.
• Proactively manage risks, mitigate issues, and continuously drive improvements to ensure a seamless developer experience and high service reliability.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience

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:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience taking a product, feature, or experience to market (e.g., design, addressing product market fit, and launch, internal tool/framework).
• 4+ years experience improving product metrics for a product, feature, or experience in a market (e.g., growing customer base, expanding customer usage, avoiding customer churn).
• 4+ years experience disrupting a market for a product, feature, or experience (e.g., competitive disruption, taking the place of an established competing product).
• Prior experience with Microsoft Teams or similar collaboration platforms.
• Demonstrated success in leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives within cloud or collaboration software environments.
• Solid technical background with the ability to engage deeply with engineering teams, understand architectural trade-offs, and drive strategic technical decisions.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with experience in translating technical details to business and executive audiences.
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Familiarity with AI agent frameworks, conversational interfaces, or related developer tooling.
• Proven ability to innovate and drive change in fast-paced, dynamic environments.

Product Management 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.

Overview

Microsoft is at the forefront of a new era in productivity, and Microsoft 365 Copilot is redefining how we build and deliver AI experiences. We are a small, focused team within MSAI Office of the CTO (OCTO) committed to driving Copilot Agility — accelerating how we innovate, build, and scale the Copilot platform across Microsoft. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who combine deep technical experience in backend, data, and ML systems with a passion for agility and impact. In this role, you will design and lead the development of scalable systems and tools that accelerate Copilot engineering velocity across Entertainment and Devices (E+D) (M365 Core, OPG, GXP, etc). You’ll work closely with partners across product, data, and infrastructure to drive high-impact projects such as the Copilot Data Platform, while mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across teams.

The qualified candidate is highly technical, independent, and hands-on — someone who thrives in complex environments, ramps up quickly, and consistently delivers results. You’ll play a key role in helping teams adopt agile development practices and accelerate AI-driven initiatives that power the next generation of Copilot experiences.

If you’re excited about improving how AI systems are built and delivered, and you want to make a visible impact on Microsoft’s Copilot platform, this is the right role for you.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural design and discussions for core systems and platforms that improve the agility, performance, reliability, and efficiency of Copilot development.
• Drive identification of dependencies and development of technical design documents across products, applications, and services to ensure coherence and scalability of Copilot platform solutions.
• Define and implement quality strategies — mentoring others in test planning, validation, and success criteria to ensure resilient and high-quality software and service delivery.
• Establish and apply engineering metrics to drive quality, stability, and maintainability, while promoting best practices and reusable design patterns.
• Lead the creation and improvement of internal tools and frameworks that enhance developer velocity, automation, and overall system effectiveness.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, TPMs, and partner teams across product, infrastructure, and research to deliver enterprise-grade solutions adopted at scale across E+D and Microsoft.
• Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience designing and leading large-scale, distributed backend, data, or ML systems in production environments.
• Demonstrated ability to set technical direction, influence architecture, and mentor engineers to deliver scalable, maintainable, and high-quality systems.
• Experience driving cross-team engineering initiatives, balancing hands-on contributions with strategic technical leadership.

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:

• Experience working with State-OF-The-Art (SOTA) AI tooling to accelerate software development lifecycle.
• Experience in data platforms or ML pipelines supporting AI-driven applications.
• Experience defining and tracking engineering metrics — including performance, reliability, observability, and agility.
• Reliable understanding of developer productivity tooling and practices that reduce cycle time and increase development velocity.
• Passion for continuous improvement, technical innovation, and enabling teams to build better software faster.

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:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.

Overview

Do you want to directly impact hundreds of millions of devices every month and enjoy the gratification that comes from keeping millions of customers protected from the ever-growing threats of cyberattacks? Do you have the engineering skills, attention to details and quality, passion for building systems and services that delights our customers and allows them to be productive? Do you want to be part of a diverse, fast paced and highly technical team that takes pride in regularly delivering value to our business customers on time with quality in an agile cadence? You will want to talk to us!

We are part of Windows Servicing and Delivery (WSD) team that delivers high quality servicing releases to keep Microsoft customers protected and productive by continuously building and delivering Windows Operating System updates to consumers, enterprises and Microsoft Cloud customers.

Our team is trying to solve the problem of not only keeping the Windows powered enterprises, data centers, and cloud services safe and secure through software updates but also to consume these Windows updates with zero to minimal downtime such that businesses and consumers continue to remain available and productive deploying these updates. We are building a system that will help in engineering, building, delivery and deployment of software updates for a code base as big and wide as Windows in a re-bootless way. We are building a modern AI powered engineering system that is intelligent, efficient and can operate on a scale to produce re-bootless updates. We will also enhance Windows with new innovations and capabilities to deploy, monitor and manage these updates. You will work across OS components, compiler-linker-loader tool chain, installers and management to build the stack and overall solution. If you are a deep thinker and passionate about problem solving. If scalability, performance, downtime, high availability problems get you thrilled. If you are excited about leveraging AI to solve engineering and scale problems, then this is a great opportunity to build your career and create business impact.

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.

Responsibilities

• We are looking for a strong developer to help realize the above story. Ideal candidate will thrive amid ambiguity and enjoy building lasting systems in collaboration with others where success not only includes business value but having a cost-effective, reliable, state and scalable solution.
• Candidate must possess strong analytical, design and coding skills. In this role you will have the opportunity to design and develop software and services at scale, innovating on the latest technologies and following modern engineering practices.
• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight. Helps to identify other teams and technologies that will be leveraged, how they will interact, and when one's system may provide support to others. Contributes to determining back-end dependencies associated with product, application, service, or platform functionality for product features.
• Identifies areas to efforts to integrate instrumentation for gathering telemetry data on system behavior such as performance, reliability, availability, usage, and safety mechanisms. Contributes to sustaining feedback loops from telemetry resulting in subsequent designs. Helps to create outputs of telemetry such as notifications or dashboards.
• Creates a clear and articulated plan for testing and assuring quality of solutions, and defines success for outcomes of tests (e.g., unit tests). Adds new tests, removes antiquated tests, and aggregates tests to improve tests in the feature area. Helps to drive efforts for augmenting test cases and ensures that the solution area has good test coverage. Helps to integrate automation features when planning for testing.
• Maintain close technical relationship with partner teams, provide technical leadership and drive for engineering excellence and results.

Qualifications

Required 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.
• Strong understanding of Windows operating system internals.
• Proficiency in building cloud-native applications on Azure.
• Hands-on experience with OpenAI APIs or similar LLM-based platforms.
• Solid experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).

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:

• 3+ years of experience in software development with C/C++ or equivalent
  Exposure to assembly, OS kernel, low-level trouble shooting and debugging.
• Experience with cloud platforms, Azure, Kusto, Python, AI tools is added advantage.
• Proven expertise in developing frameworks and solutions that scale across multiple teams and products.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to design and implement scalable, high-performance solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multiple teams and align technical efforts with organizational goals.
• Experience with AI agent frameworks (e.g., Semantic Kernel, LangChain).
• Functional knowledge of test-driven development and CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.

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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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.

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 2+ years of industry experience in service development, successfully shipping services through multiple releases. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Experience creating AI-centric experiences, or familiarity with building AI orchestration systems Experience utilizing generative AI, conduct experiments, and evaluate AI effectiveness in product improvements. Experience building scalable applications and services with Azure or other scalable cloud platforms with robust performance, resiliency, telemetry, and security. BICJobs AgentFlowsJobs 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 2+ years of industry experience in service development, successfully shipping services through multiple releases. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Experience creating AI-centric experiences, or familiarity with building AI orchestration systems Experience utilizing generative AI, conduct experiments, and evaluate AI effectiveness in product improvements. Experience building scalable applications and services with Azure or other scalable cloud platforms with robust performance, resiliency, telemetry, and security. BICJobs AgentFlowsJobs 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.

Overview

CoreAI 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.

As part of CoreAI, the ExP team is focused on furthering Microsoft’s industry-leading Experimentation platform to support the rapidly changing generative AI landscape and meet the demand for agile, trustworthy experimentation at scale. As an Applied Science manager within ExP you will lead our Experimentation science team, pushing platform innovation and working closely with teams across the company to grow their experimentation throughput and product learnings.

In this role, you will:

• Push the envelope on online experimentation methodology and agent evaluations, advancing the state-of-the-art by connecting product development needs, latest science techniques and platform opportunities

• Contribute to one of the highest-scale experimentation platforms on the planet

• Collaborate closely with backend engineers, data scientists, site reliability engineers (SREs), and product managers to gather requirements, iterate on features, and deliver seamless, end-to-end user experiences.

• Collaborate closely with designers, UI-experts, science leaders and engineers to ensure clear, actionable dashboards and visualizations that empower users to make trustworthy science-informed decisions.

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.

Responsibilities

• Shapes and propels Microsoft’s industry-leading online experimentation platform, driving breakthrough advancements in product-development tooling and publishing impactful articles and research to establish intellectual property and attract and retain talent

• Serves as a technical visionary and thought leader, positioning the ExP Platform to streamline product learning through innovative, research-backed approaches to enable trustworthy, agile, and data-driven decision making on a global scale.

• Provides expert technical guidance and deep industry insight, advising cross-functional teams on the adoption of cutting-edge tools, technologies, and methodologies to ensure successful experimentation programs and uphold the highest standards of quality and scientific rigor.

• Ensures teams develop and apply advanced subject matter expertise across a diverse set of specialized tools and methods, driving measurable business outcomes and elevating the scope and impact of Microsoft’s experimentation initiatives.

• Leverages an extensive professional network and personal expertise to attract exceptional science and engineering talent to Microsoft, identify emerging technology opportunities, and build new areas of application through strategic recruitment and talent development.

Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field and AND 6+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research) OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research). OR equivalent experience.

5+ years of people management experience.

Preferred:

Master’s Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related field and 12+ years of related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research), or Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, or a related field and 8+ years of related experience, or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of experience presenting research or technical work at conferences or industry events as an invited speaker.
• 7+ years of experience designing, developing, and deploying products or systems across multiple stages of the product lifecycle, from ideation and experimentation through production deployment and iteration.
• Experience designing, building, and scaling online experimentation platforms that support high‑velocity A/B and multivariate testing across complex, multi‑team product ecosystems, including governance models, experimentation guardrails, and causal inference best practices.
• Experience leading product measurement strategy, including defining north‑star metrics, architecting end‑to‑end measurement frameworks, and influencing senior product and engineering leaders on interpreting ambiguous or noisy data at scale.
• Experience evaluating and benchmarking large language models and autonomous agents, spanning offline and online evaluation methodologies, safety and reliability measurement, and translating model‑ and agent‑quality signals into product‑level decisions.

Applied Sciences M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.

Overview

Microsoft AI (MAI) is seeking experienced Platform Engineers to help build the next wave of capabilities for Copilot on Windows. We’re looking for someone who possesses technical prowess, a methodical approach to problem-solving and proficiency in backend technologies. The right candidate enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. The Windows Copilot team is responsible for creating experiences that demonstrate the power Copilot can bring to Windows, large screens and productivity scenarios. In this role you will play a critical role in designing, developing, and implementing cutting-edge solutions while collaborating with Platform, Product Management, Design and Research teams.

Our newly formed organization, MAI, is dedicated to advancing Copilot and other consumer AI products and research. The team is responsible for Copilot, Bing, Edge, and generative AI research. Come be a part of the team shaping the future personal computing.

MAI employees are expected to work from a designated Microsoft office at least four days a week if they live within 50 miles (U.S.) or 25 miles (non-U.S., country-specific) of that location. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

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.

Responsibilities

Design and development secure and performant Platform services that support Copilot experiences on Windows. 
Work collaboratively with platform, infrastructure, application engineers and researchers to build next generation AI products and services. 
Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code. 
Overcome obstacles to deliver work quickly and iteratively to users 
Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle. 
Embody our Culture and Values.

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.
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ 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 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

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:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.

Overview

With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture. We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered. CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products. Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.

The Global Customer Success (GCS) organization is leading the effort to create the desired customer experience through support offer creation, driving digital transformation across our tools, and delivering operational excellence across CE&S.

Do you have a passion and interest in partnering with the fastest growing strategic companies, being their technical advocate to ensure they’re receiving the highest-level experience available from Microsoft? Support for Mission Critical is looking for deep technical architects, aligned to strategic customers who are undergoing or anticipating hyper-growth. Target customers require deep technical capabilities: resiliency, workload expansion, market leadership through co-innovation, strengthened reliability and security through operational excellence. You’ll push customers to realize enhanced reliability, security, performance and capacity, correlating their requests or platform events into actionable recommendations, and emphasizing rapid response, customer advocacy, and deep technical engagement.

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.

Responsibilities

• Actively listen and empathize with customers to anticipate their needs, advocate for them within Microsoft, and measure success by customer satisfaction and operational excellence.
• Act as a technical leader to drive vision for the team and customers, pilot new models and data usage, scale successful practices and design patterns across the organization, and mentor others to grow their technical capabilities.
• Employ a reliability-first mindset, focused on proactively testing features, simulating failures, integrating chaos engineering, observability, and similar driving perpetual innovation.
• Build and strengthen bridges across Microsoft working seamlessly across teams and cultures, partnering closely with Microsoft Engineering, to communicate complex concepts in clear, actionable terms, fostering an inclusive environment that values diverse perspectives, establishing trusted technical relationships both with customer senior decision-makers (CTOs, product owners) as well as Microsoft stakeholders.
• Define account strategies for target customer portfolios, focused on enterprise scale customers anticipating or going through hyper-growth, aligning business priorities with Customer Success Organization, Sales, and Engineering KPIs.
• Maintain a culture of curiosity, diving beyond typical root-cause analysis to understand decision making and history of circumstances to drive continuous improvement; correlate customer requests or platform events to actionable recommendations with clear accountability by the customer and/or Microsoft.
• Measure success via resiliency targets, adoption metrics, escalation prevention, customer satisfaction, impact avoidance, business outcomes and operational excellence (reliability, security, performance, capacity), highlighting outcome-based results that positively differentiate the value of the team.

Other

• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 7+ years experience in cloud/infrastructure technologies, information technology (IT) consulting/support, systems administration, network operations, software development/support, technology solutions, practice development, architecture, and/or consulting
• OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements

• Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep SQL expertise: Proven experience with SQL Server in enterprise environments, including performance tuning, high availability and disaster recovery, migration, and complex production troubleshooting.
• Azure IaaS expertise: Strong hands on experience designing, deploying, securing, and operating Azure IaaS solutions, including virtual machines, networking, storage, and hybrid architectures at scale.
• Deep technical acumen: level-500 expertise in one Azure domain; broad familiarity with others.
• Proven ability to manage complex, highly available services and triage customer escalations
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
• 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.

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 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Cloud Solution Architecture 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:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 requesting accommodations.