As a Senior Technical Lead on Microsoft’s CoreAI Experimentation Platform (ExP) team, you will drive the architecture and development of high-scale experimentation infrastructure that enables rapid iteration in AI systems and product features. Your day-to-day responsibilities include leading design discussions, evaluating new technologies to solve complex problems, and ensuring system architecture meets performance, scalability, and reliability requirements. You will champion AI tools and practices across the software development lifecycle, mentor senior engineers, and lead cross-team collaboration to identify dependencies and ensure proper end-to-end testing before deployment. The role requires expertise in languages such as C++, Java, or Python, extensive experience with cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, and GCP, and a deep understanding of observability tools for diagnosing complex issues. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys shaping the future of distributed systems architecture at Microsoft scale while driving engineering excellence across products.
Lead the architecture and development of high-scale experimentation platforms for rapid iteration in AI systems.
Drive technical vision for services that enable rigorous experimentation and validation of new AI innovations.
Own complex product solutions by driving design discussions, evaluating technologies, and ensuring system architecture meets performance requirements.
Mentor senior engineers on live-site operations, incident retrospectives, and systemic reliability improvements.
Champion AI tools and practices across the software development lifecycle with appropriate controls over AI-generated assets.
What we're looking for
Extensive experience in architecting and operating large-scale distributed systems on cloud platforms.
Proven track record of designing highly scalable, resilient service architectures with strong emphasis on fault tolerance and disaster recovery.
Deep expertise using observability tools to diagnose complex cross-service issues and drive systemic reliability improvements.
Significant experience mentoring senior engineers, driving technical direction, and conducting design reviews across teams.
Strong background in experimentation platforms, A/B testing at scale, and statistical methodologies for measuring product impact.
Experience leading security hardening efforts, threat modeling, and incident response processes for production systems.
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