Overview

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.

Microsoft Purview solutions is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to offer integrated coverage to address data fragmentation across organizations, improve visibility for data protection and governance, and address the merging of traditional IT management roles. Our team drives engineering efficiency by leading cost-optimization initiatives across our services—strategically migrating Azure resources and continuously improving resource utilization and performance.

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.

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Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of of robust workflows that streamline deployment and optimize the operations of Microsoft Purview solutions across specialized clouds.
• Mentor and guide engineers, providing technical direction, reviewing code, and ensuring best practices are followed.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, security professionals, and data scientists to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Optimize platform performance to handle vast amounts of data across diverse digital systems while ensuring scalability, availability, and security.
• Drive end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timely and high-quality results.
• Work on cloud-native technologies and distributed systems to build a robust, resilient, and secure platform.
• Continuously improve the platform by leveraging new technologies and best practices in security, data governance, and cloud infrastructure.

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

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
• 9+ years of experience building software systems, with a focus on large-scale, distributed platforms.
• Programming skills in languages such as C#, Java, or C++.
• Experience guiding and mentoring engineers, driving their projects to completion.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Understanding of security principles and the challenges of securing large-scale systems.
• Experience working with high-scale, mission-critical SaaS products, including service operations.

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

We seek a Senior Researcher with the Data Systems Group at Microsoft Research with expertise in query execution, data storage, resource management for serverless cloud platforms, data discovery, and data preparation techniques. Candidates with experience in leveraging novel hardware, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) for data management challenges are of special interest to us. 

Our past research has been incorporated into Microsoft’s products and services such as SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Power BI, Excel, and Dynamics 365. We have had influential publications at top conferences such as ACM SIGMOD, VLDB, and IEEE ICDE including several best paper awards and test-of-time awards. More details are available at  Data Systems Group at Microsoft Research 

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

• Pursue high-ambition research on data systems in collaboration with other members of the research lab

• Build and deploy novel systems

• Contribute significant innovations to Microsoft’s products and services

• Publish papers on significant research results

• Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• Doctorate (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant field

• OR equivalent experience.

• A track record of research accomplishments, e.g., major conference publications (ACM SIGMOD, VLDB).

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Appetite for undertaking ambitious research challenges.

• Familiarity with traditional SQL or big data systems cloud platforms.

• Expertise in key components of data systems, e.g., distributed query execution, resource management for cloud platforms, low-code data transformations.

• In-depth knowledge of modern hardware.

• Experience with applying AI and Machine Learning techniques for challenges in data systems.

Research Sciences 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

PC gaming is evolving fast. Players expect seamless experiences across PC, handhelds, and beyond. They want games that just work, run beautifully, and take full advantage of their hardware.

The Windows Gaming team in SiGMA (Silicon, Gaming, Media & AI) has a unique opportunity for an experienced product manager to shape platform strategy, influence the gaming ecosystem, and work to ensure gamers continue to choose Windows as their go-to gaming platform. We’re the team behind DirectX, advanced display, graphics and media technologies, and the platform foundation that makes games shine on Windows for millions of players to enjoy.

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

• Help define and influence the long-term vision and strategy for Windows gaming feature areas based on a deep understanding of customer needs, market and user research, the competitive landscape, and Microsoft’s business goals and strategy.
• Own and drive the end-to-end product roadmap, prioritizing experiences that result in faster, smoother, or more reliable gameplay across a broad range of PC devices and form factors, and that drive adoption, retention, and player delight.
• Work across multiple Microsoft organizations spanning OS platforms, developer and technology groups to deliver seamless, high-performing, player-first experiences.
• Author clear, concise PRDs, specifications, and decision documents that align cross-functional teams, accelerate execution, and enable informed tradeoffs.
• Define success metrics and measurement frameworks across player value and product performance, in partnership with analytics and data science teams.
• Represent Windows gaming externally - at conferences, in blog posts, and with key partners in the industry.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in the PC or gaming space, with a strong understanding of the business and technology dynamics driving gaming devices and platforms OR Experience with graphics or other technology areas that enable high performance realtime experiences, with a strong understanding of modern PC gaming architectures (OS, graphics runtimes, drivers, hardware, and game engines)
• Track record of navigating complex cross-team dependencies.
• Strong intuition for gaming user experience, especially ease of use and “it just works” expectations, with experience analyzing and closing gaps versus alternative platforms.
• Demonstrated excellence in written communication, with a proven history of delivering strategic executive briefings and authoring public content.

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 or Master’s Degree in EE or Computer Science or closely related field
• 8+ years of experience in Product management, Program management, 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)

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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

OneDrive and SharePoint (ODSP) are rapidly growing services at the center of Microsoft's cloud, reaching almost every part of the company, like Windows and Office. The File Storage team within ODSP is responsible for ensuring the integrity, availability, and performance of all file data stored in OneDrive and SharePoint, managing billions of files and exabytes of storage at global scale. As an infrastructure team, we power every SharePoint feature that relies on file storage and retrieval, with a relentless focus on reliability, efficiency, and data durability. Our mission is to deliver a seamless and trustworthy experience for customers by building resilient systems that safeguard data and optimize performance across massive distributed environments.

As a Software Engineer II - OneDrive and SharePoint, you would be a part of a team that can fundamentally change the way that millions of people use their devices and interact with the most important content in their lives. You would work with a team of amazing engineers, product managers, and designers, and work closely with other teams across Microsoft to deliver large scale, distributed architectures, and features to meet OneDrive and SharePoint's core infrastructure needs.

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 deliver systems that enable partners and ISVs to migrate from other cloud providers.
• Improve core systems performance and efficiencies, and ensure zero customer impact throughout the change management cycle.
• Deliver systems to meet our business continuity planning goals, provide telemetry for optimizing the service and drive our response time for detecting and resolving service issues down.

Embody the Microsoft culture and values .

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.

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 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.
• Proven experience leading and managing projects involving multiple engineers.
• Experience with building cloud-scale infrastructure components.
• Experience designing cloud-scale services and server/service management features.
• Experience related to cloud scale distributed design and patterns.
• Familiar with secure software design concepts.
• Proven track record of delivering projects that include multiple components.
• Ability to work across and partner with multiple engineering teams to achieve business goals.

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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.

Overview

Microsoft Teams is the hub for modern collaboration—bringing together everything teams need to succeed, all within the Office 365 ecosystem. It serves as the canvas that unifies your content, tools, people, and conversations in one seamless experience. As one of Microsoft’s most dynamic and impactful products, Teams is redefining the future of teamwork—and we’re just getting started.

We're looking for a full stack Software Engineer II and Senior Software Engineer to join and help lead engineering efforts across the team to push the boundaries of what’s possible with Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and a world-class AI stack powering Teams Copilot and other cutting-edge AI experiences. You’ll be part of a team at the forefront of AI innovation, leveraging the latest in deep learning, natural language processing, and conversational AI to shape the future of work. We take pride in how we build. Our team runs lean, stays customer-obsessed, and makes decisions grounded in data. We embrace a live-site-first, metrics-driven culture that minimizes tech debt and maximizes impact. In this role, you’ll take end-to-end ownership, drive meaningful outcomes, and directly influence customer satisfaction and business growth. This is a unique opportunity to sharpen your system design skills and work with a modern tech stack closely collaborating across teams and organizations.

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

Apply cutting-edge techniques in deep learning, natural language processing, and conversational AI to enhance the intelligence and user experience of Microsoft Teams.

Prototype, experiment, and evaluate new ideas to deliver next-generation AI-powered Teams Meeting features that redefine how teams communicate.

Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop overall product vision as well as strategies on how to realize the vision by identifying technical challenges & proposing solutions.

Develop features that delight customers while upholding the highest standards of availability, reliability, performance, and scalability—never compromising on engineering fundamentals.

Influence and define new designs, architectures, standards, and reusable service libraries that empower teams across Microsoft to build at scale.

Design, develop and operate scalable and reliable services with great monitoring and telemetry support.

Adopt best practices, tools and processes for a data-driven, quality-focused release of Microsoft Teams as frequently as possible to our customers.

Drive technical excellence.

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

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 building AI features and working with Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Experience with distributed computing frameworks (Kubernetes, Spark).
• Experience improving system performance, availability, and scalability.

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

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

Health Futures is a mission-focused organization within Microsoft Research, working at the forefront of artificial intelligence, healthcare, and life sciences research. We are a global and diverse team of engineers, scientists, and domain experts who are working on expanding the technological frontier of health and life sciences through deep research. We offer a unique and vibrant environment that features innovative academic research, enterprise software development, and real-world delivery, with close feedback loops and rapid iterations between all three. Our mission is to empower every person on the planet to live a healthier future.

We are looking for a Senior Researcher - Machine Learning for Life Sciences to help us advance the ways artificial intelligence can accelerate and advance discovery in biomedicine and the life sciences. This role is ideal for a candidate with intellectual curiosity who wants to craft a research agenda, articulate it clearly to team members with a diverse set of backgrounds, and execute it as a member of that research team. Successful applicants will bring deep expertise about AI and will be passionate about making new discoveries in health and the life sciences.

At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

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Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and evaluate novel methodologies for scientific discovery through artificial intelligence, non-exhaustively including techniques around post-training, inference-time optimization, interpretability, and experimental design.
• Application-specific benchmarking and interpretation: Invent and apply techniques for developing a deep understanding of the capabilities of deep learning models as they relate to specific biological data domains and life sciences research questions of interest.
• System Optimization: Develop approaches for inference-time optimization of interaction patterns with deep learning models, e.g., context optimization, intelligent sampling, etc.
• In addition to these specific technical areas, candidates will be required to participate in robust, repeatable team-based technical research and be effective communicators.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate in relevant field
• OR Master's Degree in relevant field AND 3+ years related research experience
• OR Bachelor's Degree in relevant field AND 4+ years related research experience
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience creating and using generative AI or other ML techniques in the life sciences.
• Experience working with biological data (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, microscopy), applying both advanced methods and standard bioinformatics tools. Proven track record in bioinformatic algorithm development, benchmarking, interpretation, and application.
• Experience innovating software, systems, or workflows that leverage generative AI-based systems to solve real-world problems in the life sciences. This includes techniques like context engineering, prompt optimization, and optimization of test-time compute.
• Experience creating robust, repeatable technical research artifacts as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributor.

Research Sciences 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's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.  Microsoft Quantum has assembled a talented and diverse international team to create the world’s first scalable quantum computing system. Our full‑stack approach involves innovations from physics on the quantum plane to global quantum services and everything in between. The Microsoft Quantum program strives to fundamentally change the world of computing to help solve problems that are currently intractable for classical machines. We are entering a period of accelerated development, and we are seeking exceptional scientific leaders to help define what comes next. For more information about our team, visit  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum.

We are seeking a Principal Quantum Engineer - Systems Physics & Performance to drive foundational advances in how we characterize, understand, and optimize the behavior of complex quantum‑device systems. This role focuses on the physics of interacting qubits, emergent disorder phenomena, and the development of new diagnostic and mitigation strategies that enable robust operation at scale. The position offers the opportunity to influence the direction of the world’s first topological quantum computing effort, working closely with multidisciplinary teams in a deeply collaborative, research‑forward environment.

This role sits at the intersection of condensed‑matter physics, quantum device systems, and advanced materials characterization. The ideal candidate combines a deep understanding of fundamental physics with a passion for building new methodologies—spanning theory, experiment, and metrology—to unlock new levels of system performance.

Responsibilities

• Systems‑Level Physics & Quantum System Performance: Develop frameworks for diagnosing and optimizing multi‑component quantum systems, going beyond single‑device metrics to capture interactions, emergent error sources, and disorder effects.
• Design and analyze computational benchmarks with known clean‑limit solutions to extract, quantify, and mitigate effective local random fields and other correlated‑error phenomena that arise in real‑world problem instances.
• Translate insights from interacting‑qubit physics into practical corrective procedures and architectural recommendations for next‑generation topological quantum processors. Collaborate closely with theorists, device physicists, and materials scientists to bridge physical‑model predictions with experimentally accessible observables.
• Materials & Device Diagnostics: Provide guidance on the interpretation of advanced materials and device measurements, including morphology, chemistry, electronic states, and interfacial properties of multilayer quantum‑device stacks.
• Partner with internal and external teams to design measurement campaigns at large national and international metrology facilities, including x‑ray synchrotrons, and integrate results into device‑fabrication and hardware‑design feedback loops.
• Identify and champion novel characterization approaches that illuminate failure modes or performance bottlenecks in quantum‑device systems-while ensuring deep collaboration and alignment with existing internal metrology teams.
• Emerging Interfaces: Optics, THz, & Alternative Readout Pathways: Support exploratory, high‑impact research directions related to future‑generation readout and control schemes, such as, quantifying and reducing the fundamental time‑scales associated with topological‑device readout under realistic noise and error‑rate constraints, investigating architectures in which RF signals are distributed via optical carriers into the cryostat, including on‑chip demultiplexing strategies for scalable, high‑bandwidth readout infrastructure and collaborate with quantum‑electronics, photonics, and cryogenic‑engineering teams to evaluate practical and theoretical boundaries of these approaches.
• Other:
• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment
• OR Master's Degree in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 10+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment
• 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 or Export Administration Regulations, 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.
• Ability to work in an “AI-first” environment using modern AI tools to accelerate discovery through both hardware and software development.
• 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).

Additional/Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate degree in Physics, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field AND 7+ years of post‑doctoral or equivalent research experience in quantum condensed‑matter physics, strongly correlated systems, quantum devices, mesoscopic physics, or related areas.
• OR equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in the physics of interacting quantum systems, disorder phenomena, or complex device behavior.
• Experience designing, interpreting, or leading advanced experimental diagnostics (e.g., x‑ray scattering, spectroscopy, nanoscale probes, time‑resolved techniques, or equivalent).
• Proven ability to drive scientific programs that integrate theory, experiment, and hardware development.
• Internationally recognized contributions in condensed‑matter physics, quantum materials, or quantum devices.
• Experience with system‑level performance modeling or physics‑based error‑analysis methodologies.
• Familiarity with superconducting, topological, or hybrid semiconductor‑superconductor quantum platforms.
• Knowledge of cryogenic measurement techniques and device‑fabrication workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor teams and foster cross‑functional collaboration.
• Excellent communication, scientific‑writing, and external‑engagement skills.
• Ability to navigate a rapidly evolving research and engineering environment with flexibility and creativity.

Quantum #QuantumCareers #MDQCareers

Quantum 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

AI has created an unprecedented opportunity to make work better for hundreds of millions of people. Microsoft Teams is the hub for teamwork that integrates the people, content, and tools your team needs to be more engaged and effective. It is at the core of Microsoft’s modern work, life, and education value proposition. We are reinventing the way people communicate and work together across the globe. Our newly formed Applied Science organization is hiring a Principal Applied Scientist to help ensure we maximize this amazing opportunity.

We are looking for a Principal Applied Scientistwho is creative, self-driven, curious, people-oriented, and comfortable defining a path through ambiguity toward high-level goals. Research areas of interest include but are certainly not limited to reinforcement learning, agentic systems multimodal modeling, post-training techniques and their application, human-centered artificial intelligence (AI), domain-specific large language model (LLM) applications (e.g. long-form writing assistance), personalization, computational social science, memory, agentic retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), real-time AI systems, collaborative AI, privacy-preserving AI, trustworthy AI, data-centric AI, AI flywheels, and multilingual AI. 

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

• Defining, leading, and helping to conduct research projects that simultaneously advance the state-of-the-art and directly benefit Microsoft’s core productivity products.
• Shape product direction by integrating rigorous scientific methods into the product lifecycle.
• Collaborating and coordinating with people in a range of roles, including researchers, engineers, product managers, designers, and other key product stakeholders. Serving as a bridge between research and product.
• Teaching, guiding, and tutoring colleagues without research backgrounds in state-of-the-art techniques and research best practices.
• Sharing your research with others via a range of means, including publication, to enable others to build on your work and to contribute to the understanding of our products as cutting-edge and science driven.
• Communicating with product leaders (and often Microsoft researchers – MSR) throughout the planning and execution of applied research projects, which often involves learning and teaching complex concepts.
• Embody the Microsoft culture and values .

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 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 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.
• Publications in scientific venues (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, NAACL, KDD, WWW, CHI, PNAS, Nature, EMNLP, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, CoRL)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
• OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
• OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years experience presenting at conferences or other events in the outside research/industry community as an invited speaker.\
• 7+ years experience conducting research as part of a research program (in academic or industry settings).
• 5+ years experience developing and deploying live production systems, as part of a product team.
• 7+ years experience developing and deploying products or systems at multiple points in the product cycle from ideation to shipping.
• Demonstrated impact from your research through shipped products, improved user experiences, or other measurable benefits for diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated interest for continuous learning and innovation in AI.
• Demonstrated technical leadership or mentor experience (influencing technical direction, guiding team members).

Applied Sciences 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 Microsoft Superintelligence team is building Humanist Superintelligence - advanced AI designed to remain controllable, aligned, and firmly in service to humanity. As a lean, fast-moving research lab within Microsoft AI, we are focused on creating the safest, most capable AI systems that amplify human potential and deliver tangible impact to billions of users worldwide.

We're looking for a Technical Advisor to join Microsoft Superintelligence in the Office of the CEO of Microsoft AI. The right candidate combines deep technical expertise in machine learning and software engineering with the ability to provide strategic counsel on high-stakes decisions. This role requires someone who can dive deep into research problems—evaluating models, prototyping solutions, and analyzing technical tradeoffs—while also synthesizing insights for executive decision-making. You'll work across the full spectrum of our research efforts, from model development and infrastructure to safety and alignment.

The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, takes initiative, and can context-switch fluidly between hands-on technical work and strategic advisory. You should be comfortable working across a variety of projects as they surface ad-hoc and able to clearly communicate findings in exec-level written documents.

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.

This role is based in Mountain View, CA or Redmond, WA. You are required to be local to one of these locations and in office 3 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct technical and strategic support to the CEO of Microsoft AI—identifying opportunities and risks across our research portfolio

• Engage deeply with research teams on pre-training, post-training, multimodal systems, infrastructure, and safety/alignment work

• Prototype and evaluate models, techniques, and infrastructure to develop insights and inform strategic decisions

• Analyze technical tradeoffs and synthesize findings into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership

• Stay at the forefront of AI research, tracking emerging techniques and evaluating their applicability to our work

• Drive critical technical initiatives from conception through execution, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives

• Serve as a bridge between the CEO and research teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment on priorities

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, machine learning, or AI research.

• Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field.

• Software engineering skills with the ability to rapidly prototype and evaluate technical solutions.

• Understanding modern ML techniques, including large language models, multimodal systems, agents, or related areas.

• Written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical concepts for executive audiences.

• Track record of operating effectively in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

• Ability to context-switch across diverse technical domains.

• Published research at top ML/AI venues (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, etc.)

• Experience at a leading AI research lab or startup.

• Experience with model training, infrastructure, or AI safety research.

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

Do you thrive on solving complex problems, uncovering insights, and shaping innovative solutions that make a real impact? Are you excited by the challenge of turning data into actionable strategies for some of the world’s most influential organizations? At Microsoft, we believe in empowering every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Our team embraces a growth mindset, values authenticity, and encourages diverse perspectives. We combine technical excellence with creativity to deliver life-changing innovations that impact billions globally. If you’re passionate about machine learning, AI, and driving business transformation through data, this is your opportunity to lead and inspire.

As a Principal Data Scientist, you will own end-to-end delivery of strategic data science projects and partner with customers and internal teams to design and implement advanced analytics and AI solutions that create measurable business impact. This role blends deep, hands on technical knowledge with consulting and stakeholder engagement, enabling you to influence decisions and guide adoption of data-driven strategies.

At Microsoft, our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Leverage data science and business domain knowledge to improve business performance, evaluate project plans, communicate business goals, and share insights with business stakeholders
• Lead the design and development of Data Science and broader AI solutions of a team of data scientists and engineers.
• Engage with business stakeholders to bring them along with business performance improvement with data and AI
• Apprentice and generate the next generation of data scientists and actively participate and lead their mentoring
• Acquire, prepare, and explore data through querying, visualisation, reporting techniques, and collaboration with other teams, ensuring data integrity.
• Apply machine learning and statistical analysis to develop models, train, optimise, and evaluate them, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Test, review, and improve models by analysing performance, incorporating feedback, and contributing to the review process.
• Write and debug efficient and scalable code while collaborating with engineering teams and integrate data models into customer systems.
• Collaborate with customers and Microsoft teams to define business needs, create roadmaps for performance improvements, and influence stakeholders using storytelling and visual tools to drive solution value.
• Uphold ethical standards by emphasizing Responsible AI principles in guiding stakeholders throughout the process.
• Focus on customer needs and perspectives to promote adoption and build trust.
• Develop and execute tailored solutions by overcoming obstacles and leveraging in-depth knowledge of Microsoft products.
• Maintain transparency about data limitations to set realistic expectations and ensure accountability.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new 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 and shares knowledge with other cross functional team members.
• As a demonstrated industry thought leader in data science, you will build an in-depth understanding of industry problems domain and apply both technical and domain knowledge to drive novel customer experiences. You’ll also write extensible code that solves complex business problems spanning the entire software development lifecycle.
• You will define business, customer, and solution strategy goals, and partner with other teams to identify and explore new opportunities. You’ll also commit to a customer-oriented focus by acknowledging their needs and offer pragmatic customer solutions that align with their data capabilities.
• You will embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
• OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 7+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years data science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
• OR equivalent experience.

Other Qualifications:

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
• OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 10+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 12+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)

• OR equivalent experience.

• 3 to 5 years of Consulting (including System Integrator, Technical Consulting or Management Consulting) experience.

• Experience developing and deploying Agentic AI solutions

Data Science 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.