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The Software Engineer 2 - CoreAI joins the AI Gateway Team within the Developer Division to manage the full API lifecycle for securing and governing AI tools. In this role, you will design and deliver next-generation services, features, and developer tools for large-scale distributed systems. Daily responsibilities include leading system architecture, authoring design documents, writing performant code in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, and ensuring operational excellence through incident response and root cause analysis. You will build foundational platform components and reusable building blocks to support Agentic, Web, Mobile, Event-Driven, and IoT applications. The work addresses technical challenges in scalability, high-density multi-tenancy, and high availability for generative AI workloads and cloud-based services.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196750 from 2546 postings across 156 companies.
Drive architecture discussions and author design documents to ensure system security, compliance, and scalability.
Write extensible, maintainable, and performant code while conducting rigorous code reviews to uphold engineering standards.
Lead project planning, experimentation, and the deployment of reliable services across distributed environments.
Maintain live site health by developing incident response playbooks and leading root cause analyses.
Build developer tools and implement automation in production workflows to improve engineering practices.
Design and develop foundational platform components and reusable building blocks to accelerate team velocity.
Influence the product roadmap by aligning technical direction with business goals and customer feedback.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience).
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud background check.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
4+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production-grade software and services at scale (preferred).
Proven experience in designing and building distributed systems and cloud-based services (preferred).
Deep understanding of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP (preferred).
Hands-on experience developing in AI-enhanced environments using tools like GitHub Copilot or similar (preferred).
Hands-on experience with generative AI API platforms such as Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI, Claude, or similar (preferred).
C#
Python
Java
C++
JavaScript
C
Distributed Systems
CI/CD
Azure
GitHub
Telemetry
Monitoring
Data Consistency
Automation
Source Control
Service Reliability