Overview

Join the team building the future of AI at Microsoft.

Are you passionate about building the next generation of Agent Building experiences? The Microsoft Foundry within Microsoft Core AI is on a mission to empower developers and enterprises to design, deploy, and scale cutting-edge Generative AI systems and intelligent agents.

We're looking for a Principal Full Stack Software Engineer(UI Focused) to join our Microsoft Foundry Agents Platform team, where we’re creating intuitive and powerful agent-building experiences for developers and enterprises.

What you’ll work on:
Shape the end-to-end experience of our platform that integrates cutting edge LLMs from Providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Phi, Meta, OSS and build tools that power robust agentic workflows and enterprise automation.

Who we’re looking for:
Full stack engineers with strong skills in React, Next.js/Remix, TypeScript , Node.js and backend service development.  We value engineers who leverage AI-assisted development tools to achieve exceptional velocity and quality—and who are passionate about LLMs, GenAI, and Azure.

Why join us?
Work on high-impact, large-scale AI products alongside world-class talent. Help define how the world interacts with agents and intelligent systems.

Learn more about Microsoft Foundry:

• Microsoft Foundry - Everything you need to build AI apps & agents
• Microsoft Foundry Documentation

Responsibilities

• Leverage modern AI-assisted development practices and tooling to accelerate delivery while maintaining high code quality
• Architect full stack solutions that span from user experience through to backend data and service layers
• Develop software using languages such as  TypeScript, JavaScript, React, and others
• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs that support agentic workflows and platform capabilities
• Collaborate with partner teams to comprehend, define, enhance, and develop AzureML capabilities
• Respond, resolve, and integrate customer feedback with agility and dedication
• Lead by example, adhering to best engineering practices, raising the quality bar, and improving the team's response to customer incidents

Qualifications

Required/minimum 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.

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 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.
• 6+ years of experience in platform or front-end development using multiple languages and frameworks, including JavaScript, TypeScript, and React- Deep understanding of modern front-end technologies such as NextJS / Remix, SSR, Web Components, and performance optimization techniques
• Demonstrated proficiency with AI-assisted software development tools and workflows (e.g., AI coding agents, LLM-powered development environments) to solve hard engineering and customer problems
• Experience working on large-scale, UI-intensive product development
• Passion for machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data science

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

Join Microsoft Federal—where mission, trust, and cutting-edge innovation converge.

Microsoft Federal partners with U.S. government agencies and mission owners across defense, intelligence, and civilian sectors to deliver secure, resilient, and intelligent solutions that advance national priorities. We are seeking a Cloud & AI Infrastructure Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) to help customers modernize infrastructure, enable AI-ready platforms, and operate securely in highly regulated federal environments.

In this role, you will act as a trusted technical advisor, leading the design and deployment of secure, scalable, and compliant cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions. You will work closely with customers, sales teams, partners, and engineering to accelerate cloud adoption, enable AI at scale, and drive measurable mission outcomes.

Responsibilities

As a Cloud & AI Infrastructure CSA, you will:

• Lead architecture and delivery of Azure, hybrid, and multicloud infrastructure solutions in federal environments

• Establish secure, resilient cloud foundations that support AI, analytics, and mission-critical workloads

• Drive consumption, usage, and customer success across Azure infrastructure and AI-enabled services

• Ensure architectures align with federal security, compliance, and sovereignty requirements

You will deliver deep technical expertise across infrastructure, platform engineering, security, and operational excellence while helping customers transform legacy environments into modern, AI-ready platforms.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, Liberal Arts, or related field AND 4+ 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

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required pre-offer and post-hire for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• 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, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or related field AND 4+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas:

• • Cloud and infrastructure architecture
• Systems engineering or administration
• Network or platform operations

• Technical consulting or solution delivery

• 4+ years experience working in a customer-facing role (e.g., internal and/or external).

• 4+ years experience working on technical projects.
• Technical Certification in Cloud (e.g., Azure, Amazon Web Services, Google, security certifications).

Cloud Solution Architecture IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $106,400 - $203,600 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 $137,600 - $222,600 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

Core Search and AI team (Bing) is looking for people who want to build the next generation of search using advanced AI technologies, especially large language models, at scale. We are responsible for the largest machine learning models at Microsoft by volume and take pride in being the first in the world to solve many practical AI at Scale challenges. Our work spans a very large scope of scenarios including delivering high quality search results from a massive document corpus, query and document understanding, retrieval and reranking model for search results optimization, as well as AI search grounding, etc.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Applied Scientist with solid machine learning expertise and can adopt state-of-art AI technologies to improve the relevance for the next generation of search.

As a team, we leverage the diverse backgrounds and experiences of passionate engineers, scientists, and program managers to help us realize our goal of making the world smarter and more productive. We believe great products are built by inclusive teams of customer-obsessed individuals who trust each other and work together closely.  We collaborate regularly across the company to find technological breakthroughs from groups like Microsoft Research to infusing AI into the rest of Microsoft products like Office and Azure.

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.

Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• You will master one or more subareas and build expertise across a broad research landscape, including advanced research methodologies and applied techniques. You’ll develop deep knowledge of a service, platform, or domain, and identify product opportunities by sharing emerging industry trends and applied technologies.
• You will review business requirements and incorporate research insights to meet strategic goals. You’ll provide direction on the types of data needed to solve complex problems and apply deep subject‑matter expertise to drive measurable business impact.
• You will support the onboarding of junior team members and help develop academic collaborators into effective contributors within multidisciplinary teams. You’ll identify promising research talent, engage with the academic community, and strengthen Microsoft’s long‑term recruiting pipeline.
• You will document ongoing work, experimental results, and research findings to promote transparency and innovation. You’ll also apply your understanding of fairness and bias to help shape ethics and privacy policies related to research processes and data collection.
• You will advance LLM post‑training and alignment techniques by designing, implementing, and evaluating novel methods that improve reasoning quality, safety, controllability, and factual grounding across large‑scale models.
• You will develop next‑generation search capabilities by building and optimizing retrieval, ranking, and relevance systems that integrate deeply with LLM‑powered experiences.
• You will architect and refine RAG pipelines that enhance retrieval fidelity, reduce hallucinations, and deliver more context‑aware, user‑aligned responses in production environments.
• You will translate research into production by running experiments, analyzing results, and collaborating with engineering partners to deploy scalable, reliable model improvements.
• You will drive scientific rigor through hypothesis‑driven experimentation, reproducible methodologies, and clear documentation of findings, insights, and model behaviors.
• You will collaborate across disciplines—including research, engineering, product, and design—to shape long‑term strategy for search, alignment, and retrieval‑augmented systems.
• You will monitor and evaluate model performance using quantitative metrics, qualitative assessments, and user‑centric evaluation frameworks to ensure continuous improvement.
• You will contribute to a culture of innovation by sharing learnings, mentoring peers, and participating in internal research discussions, reviews, and technical deep dives.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ 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 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
• OR Doctorate in Statistics, Econometrics, Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
• 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 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 3+ years related experience (e.g., statistics, predictive analytics, research)
• OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience coding in Python, C++, C#, C or Java.
• 3+ year of industry experience applying Machine Learning techniques.

MicrosoftAI #Core #Search #RankFun

Applied 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

Our Quantum team is working at the forefront of science and technology to bring scalable quantum computing to the world. Microsoft Quantum will change the world of computing and help solve some of humankind's currently unsolvable problems. For more information about our team, visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum

We're seeking a Principal Quantum Applications Architect to develop applications for fault-tolerant quantum computers. Are you enthusiastic about quantum computing and its applications? Do you want to be part of the next revolution in computing? Microsoft is looking for you! We are looking for talented scientists and engineers to join our team to build algorithms and applications for scaled fault-tolerant quantum computers. This is a unique opportunity to work with world-class scientists and engineers to drive innovation across quantum applications, development platforms, and hybrid quantum-classical workflows.

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

• Work at the cutting-edge of quantum computing, designing algorithms and applications for fault-tolerant quantum computers.
• Develop and apply advanced toolsets for modeling quantum applications on a variety of hardware architectures, determining the quantum resources needed to execute them.
• Develop and apply new techniques for application- and architecture-aware quantum circuit compilation and optimization.
• Team with world-class engineers, researchers, architects, and leaders, contributing to your career growth.
• Drive cross-group collaboration within Microsoft Quantum's qubit modeling, quantum error correction, and quantum applications teams.
• Other:
• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, Software Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years' experience, including research and/or development of commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, Software Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years' experience, including research and/or development of commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, Software Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years' experience, including research and/or development of commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years programming experience in related programming languages.
• 8+ years experience in a collaborative environment.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• 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 proof of citizenship, 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 leverage AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency (e.g., performance modeling and analysis, research gathering, day-to-day task automation).
• Evaluate agentic solutions with measurable metrics and human-in-the-loop safeguards following Microsoft Responsible AI requirements for generative AI.

Additional / Preferred Qualifications

• 6+ years' experience in one or more of the following areas: high-performance computing, quantum algorithms, quantum error correction, quantum simulation.
• Experience developing and implementing algorithms for quantum applications, ideally in support of fault-tolerant quantum systems, along with experience applying high-performance classical computing methods.
• Background in applied mathematics or a related discipline, with strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills when approaching novel problems.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across internal and external teams, communicate complex technical concepts clearly, and contribute both independently and collaboratively in a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment.

Quantum #QuantumCareers #MDQCareers

Quantum 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

Microsoft has an exciting opportunity for a Software Engineer II on the Sovereign Cloud Security Team. This team will be responsible for deploying and operating a Secure Work Area, including the infrastructure for collaboration within an airgapped environment.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work with engineers who enable a broad set of Azure services to be consumed by internal and external customers in highly secured and regulated industries. The systems and software you build will be required to meet the security policy and assurance requirements of both public and private sector customers.

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

The scale of our operations is enormous. Microsoft's products and services are overwhelmingly consumed online, and billions of people use them every day. We need people who enjoy analyzing complicated problems, coming up with creative solutions, working in focused teams to build things no-one has thought of before, all in the service of production reliability.

• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on call to monitor service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions. Alerts stakeholders as to the status and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems. Responds within Service Level Agreement (SLA) timeframe. Escalates issues to appropriate owners.
• Contributes to efforts to collect, classify, and analyze data with little oversight on a range of metrics (e.g., health of the system, where bugs might be occurring). Contributes to the refinement of product features by escalating findings from analyses to inform decisions regarding the engineering of products.
• Contributes to the development of automation within production and deployment of a complex product feature. Runs code in simulated, or other non-production environments to confirm functionality and error-free runtime for products with little to no oversight.
• Contributes to efforts to ensure the correct processes are followed to achieve a high degree of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility. Checks for visible evidence to demonstrate compliance for product areas. Develops and holds an understanding of the implications of onboarding new technologies following expectations of compliance at Microsoft.
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
• Applies best practices to reliably build code that is based on well-established methods. Follows best practices for product development and scaling to customer requirements and applies best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations.
• Maintains communication with key partners across the Microsoft ecosystem of engineers. Considers partners across teams and their end goals for products to drive and achieve desirable user experiences and fitting the dynamic needs of partners/customers through product development.
• Maintains operations of live service as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis. Implements solutions and mitigations to more complex issues impacting performance or functionality of Live Site service and escalates as necessary. Reviews and writes issues postmortem and shares insights with the team.
• Acts 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. Alerts stakeholders as to status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple problems and complex problems when appropriate. Responds within Service Level Agreement (SLA) timeframe. Drives efforts to reduce incident volume, looking globally at incidences and providing broad resolutions. Escalates issues to appropriate owners.
• Drives efforts to integrate instrumentation for gathering telemetry data on system behavior such as performance, reliability, availability, usage, and safety mechanisms. Drives sustaining feedback loops from telemetry resulting in subsequent designs. Creates outputs of telemetry such as notifications or dashboards.
• Drives efforts to collect, classify, and analyze data on a range of metrics (e.g., health of the system, where bugs might be occurring). Drives the refinement of products through data analytics and makes informed decisions in engineering products through data integration.
• Builds, enhances, reuses, contributes to, and identifies new software developer tools to support other programs and applications to create, debug, and maintain code for products. Uses open source when possible. Begins to develop skills in other tools outside areas of expertise. Identifies internal tools and creates tools that will be useful for creating the product, determining if methods are still applicable for the current solution. Shares best practices and teaches others about new tools and strategies.
• Defines and develops standardized, repeatable, scalable solutions to guarantee quality.
• Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:

• Candidates must have an active TS and be willing and eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph) or have an active TS/SCI and be willing and eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required pre-offer and post-hire for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• 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 position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience with PowerShell, C#, or C++.
• Experience working on large-scale distributed services with on-call responsibilities.
• Ability to build and influence broadly towards common goals and priorities.
• Ownership of end-to-end project lifecycle with solid project management and communication skills.

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’s Cloud Infrastructure and Operations (MCIO) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a Critical Environment Operations Manager, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform.

Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

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

Data Center Operations

• Clarifies and refines strategic vision to communicate to their teams and drives alignment of operational strategies with a security-first culture. Brings suggestions including security enhancement to local management team and/or global leaders or partners. Reviews Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance indicators (KPIs) and provides input to improve or make KPIs and OKRs more efficient/effective. Understands key business drivers and where Data Center Operations (DCOPS) feeds into business success. Understands connections between different organizations and their related initiatives. Suggests or recommends risk-based decisions or escalates based on what is best for business and strategy, and without all the data. Frames DCOPs challenges in context of business expectations and drives business context. Understands key financial metrics, understands how to grow an organization, and exhibits a One Microsoft mentality. May change course and strategically delegates tasks.

• Influences guidelines that to ensure they are consistent with contractual service agreements and security standards. Holds team or organization accountable for ensuring third party compliance with Microsoft security, safety, and all other guidelines. Holds team or organization accountable for abiding by all service level agreements (SLAs). Evaluates and implements policy updates to enhance security posture across operations. Holds team or organization accountable for investigating root cause of policy faults, degradation, and security incidents and suggests improvement plans. Holds team accountable for policy plan improvements with focus on maturity and lowering costs. Drives alignment on dependencies, supplier contracts, success metrics, resource readiness, operational, supportability, and manageability criteria. Ensures audits, global and regional initiatives, and third-party guidelines are upheld. Drives accountability with landlord to adhere to MSFT service-level agreement.

• Advocates, follows, and adheres to processes and policy(ies) provided by security and safety governing partners. Reports immediately any safety or security issues or concerns. Ensures Root Cause Analysis (RCA) processes are followed when required. Makes recommendations for improvements to safety and security processes or procedures. Empowers and ensures team fosters and exhibits a culture of safety. Ensures no unauthorized or unescorted personnel access secured production environments, ensuring alignment with security practices and standards. Oversees and drives completion and validation of physical access list audits of personnel accessing secured production environments and related systems. Defines, specifies, and maintains physical space groupings for physical access across varying production environments. Manages non-compliance as needed, in collaboration with key stakeholders. Conducts regular reviews with health, safety, and security business partners. Evaluates regular security risk assessments of data center operations and prioritizes and aligns the design, build, and delivery of technology, tools, data, and processes to meet high security standards. Defines and communicates security Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across teams and resolves complex action items.

• Demonstrates conscientiousness on cost, adheres to budget requirements, and regularly employs sound fiscal strategies to reduce costs or improve fiscal efficiency from best practices. Seeks input from team members or subject matter discipline experts as required to meet timely and accurate targets for budget allocation. Monitors employee's Purchase Orders (POs) and oversees team and organization After-the-Fact (ATFs) if present. Supports annual budget planning and forecasting exercises. Forecasts demand costs, drives awareness among business leaders on the business implications of service management issues, and negotiates with business leaders to win resources to ensure that the long-term value of the service is maintained. Works with the cost model and reporting system to enable the forecasting, tracking, reporting of costs, security and operational risks, and dependencies for a significant portion of the country or region. Articulates level of importance on priorities needed to maintain availability expectations. Adjusts plans based on assigned financial spend for the year. Plans and works with business partners on executing their requirements to maintain adherence to data center availability, security, and safety across their geographic scope. Approves or implements identified opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency.

• Assigns tasks and resources in alignment with other teams in the organization. Validates technical dependency and gap analysis to verify readiness for IT projects and ensures that technical dependencies are managed. Ensures that resources and team capabilities are consistent with expected service standards. Leads their team and champions broader efforts across the organization to achieve service requirements and service level agreements (SLAs)/operational level agreements (OLAs) for multiple services. Influences business partners to adopt solutions that optimize cost and business need. Understands and influences tooling mechanisms to manage resources and prioritizes the need to ensure critical roles within teams are appropriately staffed and developed. Ensures priorities are assigned based on business impact, manages accountabilities within and between teams, and makes appropriate tradeoffs. Focuses on team morale and recognizes team wins.

Data Center Work Environment

• Understands and drives changes which impact the work of others and proactively shares relevant information to enable continued workflow efficiency(ies). Participates in change advisory board (CAB) meetings. Drives change adherence and implementation completely in accordance with documented procedures, accurately, and in a timely manner. Drives business changes across the organization with clearly articulated plans and direction that ensure smooth implementation and minimize disruptions to the business. Proactively monitors the internal and external environment to anticipate opportunities to support or improve incoming changes or projects. Applies change management principles (e.g., PROSCI vs. ITIL) and guides their teams and organization during times of change with appropriate methodology(ies). If not already covered by other roles, drives and/or delivers release management overviews, meetings, or conversations with their team or organization to support understanding of broad-level change(s). Provides strategic guidance to teams on assessing the security implications of planned changes and drives implementation of mitigation strategies to ensure any identified risks are addressed before implementation.

• Delegates to promote growth and development of future leaders. Finds opportunities for collaboration across groups in the division, ensures that cross-team commitments are set, and achieves scale in their work efforts by enabling the work of others.

People Management

• Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring. Model: Live our culture. Embody our values. Practice our leadership principles. Coach: Define team objectives and outcomes. Enable success across boundaries. Help the team adapt and learn. Care: Attract and retain great people. Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations. Invest in the growth of others.

Service Delivery

• Drives the analyses of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and provides direction to address observed trends or anomalies. Leads key processes, such as team and triage meetings, prioritizes work across the team, and rebalances priorities to respond to changes. Reviews contracts with landlords and third-party vendors, ensuring alignment with security needs and standards. Participates in regular operational meetings to review OKRs and/or KPIs. Analyzes data and collaborates with and influences internal business partners, clients, and vendors to improve OKRs and/or KPIs and increase efficiency. Identifies discrepancies in data and reports observations and partners with groups as needed to resolve improvement observations. Leverages data and analytics to determine, recommend, and secure needs for resources to deliver to OKRs.

• Drives stakeholder and cross functional partnerships. Develops, grows, and leverages relationships with clients and suppliers to ensure that all expectations and

Overview

The Copilot and Platform Ecosystem (CAPE) team at Microsoft is on a mission to deliver customer and partner ecosystem success through Copilot and collaborative solutions that drive measurable business value and delightful product experiences.

CAPE is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to join our Data & Engineering team, where we build trusted signals, metrics, and analytical foundations that power leadership reporting, Copilot experiences, and agent‑driven workflows across M365 Copilot, Copilot in Teams, and Microsoft Teams.

As a Senior Data Scientist, you will partner closely with data engineering, product, and engineering teams to turn large‑scale telemetry into decision‑ready insights. You will help define metrics, design experiments, evaluate outcomes, and ensure our data products are explainable, reliable, and aligned to real business questions. Your work will directly influence product direction, customer success motions, and executive decision‑making.

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 data engineering, product management, and engineering to define analytical questions, success metrics, and hypotheses that drive Copilot business outcomes.
• Analyze large-scale product and customer telemetry (e.g., Kusto/ADX, Cosmos, logs, usage signals) to deliver clear, actionable insights for leaders and partner teams.
• Design and interpret experiments and evaluations (A/B tests, cohort/retention analysis, causal methods as appropriate) to measure impact of features, agents, and platform changes.
• Own and evolve core metrics and definitions (engagement, retention, adoption, quality), ensuring consistency and trust across reporting and dashboards.
• Improve data quality, freshness, and correctness by identifying gaps/anomalies and strengthening signal pipelines in partnership with data engineering.
• Build analytical models or lightweight ML to support forecasting, segmentation, classification, and outcome measurement as needed.
• Communicate complex analyses as concise narratives for technical and non-technical audiences; contribute to documentation and analytics best practices across CAPE.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field
• OR Master's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results) or consulting experience
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Econometrics, Economics, Operations Research, Computer Science, or related field AND 2+ years data-science experience (e.g., managing structured and unstructured data, applying statistical techniques and reporting results)
• 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 qualification:

• 2+ years of experience analyzing large datasets using SQL‑based systems and/or analytics platforms (e.g., Kusto, SQL, Spark).
• Experience designing and interpreting experiments, metrics, or analytical studies to inform product or business decisions.
• Experience communicating insights clearly through written narratives, presentations, or dashboards.

• Experience collaborating with cross‑functional partners (engineering, product, program management).

• Experience working in a data‑intensive product or platform environment, especially with telemetry or usage data at scale.

• Familiarity with Python, R, or similar languages for data analysis and modeling.
• Experience with AI/ML‑adjacent systems, evaluations, or outcome measurement (e.g., model quality, agent performance, user impact).
• Experience supporting executive‑level reporting or decision‑making.
• Exposure to cloud data platforms (e.g., Azure Data Explorer, Cosmos DB, Power BI semantic models).

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CAPE

Data Science 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

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. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

The Application Identities Platform Team is part of Microsoft Entra, formerly Azure Active Directory. Entra provides the identity foundation for Microsoft 365, Azure, and many software companies that build secure cloud services. Our team focuses on how applications and intelligent agents are identified, trusted, and authorized across the cloud. As software becomes more AI driven and increasingly autonomous, identity is a critical security control. We are investing in creating secure and least-privileged driven identity platform for agents that help prevent misuse while enabling innovation. Our work enables developers, administrators, and platforms to make smarter security choices with less manual effort, even as systems operate at massive scale. We solve complex problems where security, reliability, and scale are essential. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who can help architect and deliver high quality, high scale cloud services that support next generation identity and security scenarios. You will build foundational capabilities that govern how both human operated and AI driven applications securely access resources. You will collaborate across identity and security teams, influence technical direction, and help shape the future of secure AI and identity at Microsoft.

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

• Develop and maintain a wide and deep knowledge of our platform and the space, recognize problems, Identity opportunities, design solutions.
• Work closely with customers and partners to understand their requirements and scenarios and effectively lead towards delivering the necessary solutions.
• Define the architectural direction for our team to deliver such solutions and adjust and change course as needed when facing challenges.
• Collaborate with other engineers, program managers, and designers across the Entra organization and beyond to deliver end-to-end experiences that delight our customers and users.
• Drive innovation and quality in our engineering processes and practices, and foster a culture of excellence, collaboration, and learning.
• Coach and mentor more junior engineers and help us build a high-performing engineering team.

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.

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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, preferably in cloud services or distributed systems.
• Experience in architecting and designing complex software systems or services.
• Experience in leading v-teams towards delivering complex projects.
• Coding skills in C#, Java, or another object-oriented language and the ability to transfer those skills to other engineers.
• Communication, collaboration, problem-solving skills, and ability to drive changes across multiple organizations.
• Passion for learning new technologies and domains, and for delivering high-quality software that makes a difference.

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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 Technical Program Manager (TPM), Security leads the strategic launch and operational readiness of security platforms across Azure and Microsoft Security solutions, supporting Customer Service & Support (CSS), the Customer Success Unit (CSU), and Industry Solutions Delivery (ISD). This role drives cross-organizational security initiatives from inception through delivery, ensuring clear requirements, dependency management, risk mitigation, and operational clarity for large-scale security workloads such as Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Sentinel. The TPM partners closely with engineering, product, and operations teams to validate readiness, maintain stakeholder alignment, and enable successful launches and Day-0 readiness.

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

Program Strategy, Orchestration, and Cross-Org Execution

• Serve as the Technical Program Manager for cross-organizational security launch initiatives, driving strategy, orchestration, and integration across engineering, product, operations, CSS, CSU, and ISD.
• Define program scope, requirements, milestones, and deliverables; manage interdependencies; and drive execution from planning through Day-0 readiness and launch.

Stakeholder Management, Communications, and Executive Readouts

• Build strong relationships with stakeholders and leaders to drive alignment, decision-making, and timely issue resolution across teams.
• Provide clear, actionable program updates (status, milestones, risks, issues, and decisions) and ensure shared understanding of operational and customer support impacts.

Technical Oversight and Roadmap Delivery

• Provide technical oversight to track execution against the roadmap, ensuring launch requirements and operational readiness criteria are met for security workloads.
• Partner with engineering teams to understand technical changes and translate them into readiness plans for frontline and operational stakeholders.

Program Governance, Quality, and Risk Management

• Establish and run governance rhythms (intake, prioritization, reviews, and retrospectives) to ensure delivery standards are met across the development lifecycle.
• Identify, track, and drive mitigation plans for technical, operational, and readiness risks; escalate and unblock issues as needed to protect schedule and quality.

Engineering Partnership and Operational Readiness

• Partner with Software Engineering and key operational stakeholders to implement and launch complex technical solutions across feature areas, with a focus on supportability and diagnostics readiness.
• Coordinate readiness assets (tools, documentation, runbooks, knowledge content, and training) to enable operational clarity and customer support Day-0 success.

Success Criteria, Metrics, and Continuous Improvement

• Define success criteria and apply data-driven insights to evaluate readiness, highlight trends, and recommend actions based on risk and operational signals.
• Drive continuous improvement by incorporating learnings from launches and changes in Azure and Microsoft Security platform capabilities into future program plans.

Roadmaps, Schedules, and Staging/Implementation Plans

• Develop and deliver roadmaps and project schedules across multiple feature groups; drive staging and implementation plans for release activities; and manage execution to committed timelines.
• Ensure alignment across teams on launch readiness gates and completion criteria prior to release.

Other 

• Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree AND 4+ years’ experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

Other Requirements

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.”
• This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United Statesgovernment 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with public cloud platforms with a focus on security capabilities and services.
• Experience using data‑driven or AI‑enabled approaches to support operational analytics or security workflows (e.g., SQL, generative AI, or automation).
• Knowledge of security domains such as identity and access management, threat detection and response, SIEM, SOAR, or incident management.
• Relevant industry certifications (e.g., Microsoft SC‑200, SC‑300, AZ‑500, or equivalent security certifications).
• Familiarity with cloud security technologies such as Microsoft Azure Security, Microsoft Defender, Microsoft Sentinel, or related detection and response platforms.
• Experience supporting operational readiness or launch activities for security workloads, including dependency management and ris

Technical Program 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

At Microsoft Quantum, we aim to empower science and scientists to solve the world’s biggest problems by realizing advanced computing platforms at the intersection of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum information technology. The Microsoft Quantum program strives to fundamentally change the world of computing to help solve some of humankind’s currently unsolvable problems. We are on the cusp of an accelerated effort in quantum computing. This position offers an opportunity to have a meaningful influence on a revolutionary technology. For more information about the Microsoft Quantum team, please visit  https://quantum.microsoft.com/.

The Quantum program is seeking a Principal Quantum Software Engineerto develop the world’s first scalable quantum computing system. This role is suited for engineers who independently deliver complex quantum engineering work while expanding technical depth and crossteam influence.

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

• Technical Execution & Engineering: Support the design, implementation, and improvement of quantum devices and supporting technologies by running experiments, simulations, and engineering analyses that evaluate performance, validate designs, and guide nextstep enhancements, applying strong engineering and physics fundamentals throughout.

• Measurement, Experimentation & Analysis: Develop and apply measurement techniques to characterize devices, materials, or systems; analyze experimental or simulation data to guide decisions; and refine designs or approaches based on results and feedback.

• Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Partner with crossdisciplinary hardware, software, fabrication, and research teams to align on technical goals, document methods and results for reuse, and integrate expert input as needed.

• Tools, Safety & Best Practices: Apply engineering best practices to develop and improve tools, processes, and documentation that support quantum R&D, and uphold safety and laboratory standards, escalating issues as needed to maintain a safe work environment.

• Community & Outreach (as applicable): Contribute to internal knowledge sharing through presentations, documentation, or technical discussions, and support external engagement - such as conferences, workshops, or collaborations—alongside senior team members.

Other

• Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Doctorate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 3+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems

• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 4+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems

• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 6+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems

• OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years programming experience in related programming languages.

• 6+ years experience in a collaborative environment.

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 hardware development.

• Ability to leverage AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency (e.g., performance modeling and analysis, research gathering, day to day task automation).

Additional/Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 5+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 8+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 12+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR equivalent experience.

Quantum 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.