Software Engineer II, Azure Intelligent Container Platform

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
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Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 17, 2027

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TL;DR · Software Engineer II, Azure Intelligent Container Platform

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The Software Engineer II, Azure Intelligent Container Platform - CoreAI joins the CoreAI team to build the infrastructure supporting next-generation AI-powered cloud services. You will take end-to-end ownership of the software lifecycle, designing and developing highly available, fault-tolerant, and self-healing distributed systems across global public and private datacenters. Your daily work involves turning rapidly evolving AI and cognitive technologies into production-ready Azure services by solving complex challenges in performance, security, and scalability. You will utilize a technical stack including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Go, while leveraging Docker, Kubernetes, and various open-source technologies. The role focuses on platform engineering to ensure that deep learning and large language models are reliable, performant, and easy to operate at a massive global scale.

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Skills

Azure Kubernetes Docker Python C# Go Distributed Systems LLMs Generative AI Big Data C++ Java JavaScript Cloud-Native Web APIs Platform Engineering

What you'll do

Design and develop highly available, scalable distributed systems across global public and private datacenters.
Build fault-tolerant, self-managing, and self-healing platforms designed for operational excellence.
Use Docker, Kubernetes, and open-source technologies to solve complex cloud-native infrastructure challenges.
Transform rapidly evolving AI and cognitive technologies into reliable, secure, and performant Azure services.
Drive the full software lifecycle from architecture and system design through implementation, testing, and deployment.
Solve complex problems regarding performance, availability, scalability, security, and privacy in distributed systems.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Proficiency in modern AI technologies, LLMs, Generative AI, and AI/ML frameworks (preferred).
Strong hands-on programming experience in C#, Python, or Go (preferred).
Experience with Web APIs, performance/load testing, security, and privacy for production environments (preferred).
Experience building or operating cloud platforms, particularly Microsoft Azure (preferred).
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized applications (preferred).

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