Software Engineer II and/or Senior Software Engineer, AI Compilers

Microsoft

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On-site
Location
Redmond, WAMountain View, CA
Salary
$102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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Confirmed live today
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Apr 5, 2027
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Similar $168k
This role $152k
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This role pays less than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $149,350–$186,425 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $168k for comparable roles.

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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

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TL;DR · Software Engineer II and/or Senior Software Engineer, AI Compilers

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As a member of the AI Compilers team, you will serve as a Software Engineer II and/or Senior Software Engineer focusing on the development of cutting-edge AI software. Your daily responsibilities include inventing and implementing innovative compiler features, advanced optimization passes, and new programming abstractions for AI workloads. You will develop code generation techniques for new hardware platforms while collaborating with hardware architects and machine learning developers to identify requirements and design solutions. The role requires proficiency in C++, Python, and systems-level programming. You will utilize specific tools and frameworks including LLVM, MLIR, Torch Dynamo, and Triton. Your work centers on the technical challenge of optimizing AI workloads and numerical high-performance computing. You must possess experience in compiler construction, inference systems, or kernel development to solve complex problems within the AI software domain.

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Skills

LLVM MLIR Torch Dynamo Triton C++ Python C High-Performance Computing AI Frameworks Code Generation

What you'll do

  • Implement innovative compiler features and advanced optimization passes using LLVM, MLIR, Torch Dynamo, and Triton.
  • Develop code generation techniques for new hardware platforms.
  • Design and develop cutting-edge AI software in C++ and Python.
  • Optimize AI workloads and performance.
  • Design new programming abstractions specifically for AI applications.
  • Identify requirements, plan solutions, estimate effort, and schedule project deliverables.
  • Establish and drive the adoption of high coding standards and patterns.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 2+ years of experience, Master's with 6+ years, or PhD with 4+ years of experience.
  • Proficiency in programming languages including C, C++, or Python.
  • At least 3 years of experience programming in C/C++.
  • At least 1 year of experience with optimized systems-level programming.
  • Experience building compilers using frameworks like LLVM and MLIR (preferred).
  • Experience optimizing AI/numerical workloads or in numerical high-performance computing (preferred).
  • Experience with AI frameworks, inference systems, kernel development, and workload optimization (preferred).

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