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62%
of similar roles. Most pay
$144,350–$222,250
— the shaded band above.
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$152k
versus about
$183k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
Microsoft currently has
518 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 505 roles with salary data.
As a Software Engineer II - AI Infrastructure, you will join the AI Infra team to build and operate large-scale distributed systems that power mission-critical cloud services, including OpenAI and OSS model hosting, large-scale inferencing, and Microsoft Copilot backends. You will design, develop, test, and deploy platform services focused on resource management, workload orchestration, and capacity management to ensure reliability and performance across distributed environments. Your daily work involves developing control plane services using C# hosted on Kubernetes (AKS) clusters while managing concurrency and stateful resources. The role requires proficiency in Object Oriented Programming and experience with public cloud services at the IaaS level. You will solve complex problems regarding system efficiency, policy-driven decision making, and workload placement to support high-performance infrastructure for demanding AI workloads and large capacity fleets.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $195000 from 1914 postings across 140 companies.
Design, develop, test, and operate large-scale distributed systems and platform services for high-performance cloud workloads.
Build infrastructure capabilities and resource management services to optimize system efficiency and availability.
Develop features for capacity management, workload placement, and policy-driven decision making across distributed environments.
Develop and maintain control plane services written in C# hosted on Kubernetes clusters.
Analyze complex production issues to identify root causes and implement sustainable solutions for service health.
Provide operational support and participate in on-call rotations as a designated point of contact.
Participate in technical design reviews and lead code quality initiatives to improve engineering best practices.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 3+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Proficiency in Object Oriented Programming and familiarity with common code design patterns (preferred).
2+ years of experience with service development in a distributed environment, in a dev-ops role, including concurrency and stateful resource management.
Hands-on experience with public cloud services at the IaaS level.
C
C++
Python
Java
Embedded Systems
RTOS
Linux
Android
Windows
DSP
IPC
Memory Management
Concurrency
Machine Learning
Computer Vision
System Optimization