Overview

At Microsoft Quantum, we aim to empower science and scientists to solve the world’s biggest problems by realizing advanced computing platforms at the intersection of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum information technology. Microsoft Quantum will change the world of computing and help solve some of humankind’s currently unsolvable problems. For more information about our team, visit https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum.

We are seeking a highly skilled and committed Software Engineer to join our team. This role is central to advancing our quantum software roadmap and requires passion in software development, cloud, AI, and quantum computing.

This role is on a team charged with building a scalable commercial quantum computer, the first of its kind on the planet. This involves designing, implementing, and integrating system software that is responsible for the initialization and running of quantum components as part of a coherent engineering stack. The candidate will help in developing and implementing novel algorithms to solve a variety of computationally hard problems. This includes working on novel Quantum Error Correction techniques and dealing with a real time quantum stack. They will also be expected to collaborate with experimentalists and hardware designers on current and future designs. Work assignments will span the breadth of software, firmware and hardware subsystems.

At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Microsoft Quantum software and firmware subsystems for quantum hardware.

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.

• Supports identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product feature with oversight.

• With guidance, learns to create and implement code for a product, service, or feature reusing code as applicable.

• Assists and learns about breaking down work items into tasks and provides estimation.

• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.

• Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

• Other:

• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field
• OR equivalent experience
• 1+ year(s) programming experience in related programming languages.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.

Additional/Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

• • • OR related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java or Rust
• • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java or Rust

• OR equivalent experience.

• Motivated with an ability to succeed in a team-oriented, fast-paced environment.

• Experience administering and developing on Windows.

• Ability to identify problem areas, drive issues to closure and ensure solid root cause understanding.

• Problem-solving skills, with a solid understanding of software development and testing practices.

• Ability to leverage AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency (e.g., performance modeling and analysis, research gathering, day to day task automation).
• Ability to work in an “AI-first” environment using modern AI tools to accelerate discovery through hardware development.

Quantum #QuantumCareers #MDQCareers

Quantum Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $109,000 - $180,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Overview

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate Firmware Engineer to help achieve that mission.

As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. We are seeking a Firmware Engineer to join our team within SCHIE, where we build the foundational firmware that powers Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure—including its cutting-edge AI accelerator silicon. This role offers a unique opportunity to work across Azure’s custom silicon programs and contribute directly to the firmware stack that enables Microsoft’s most advanced AI workloads.

At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, debug, test and release firmware for Azure’s custom AI silicon programs, including developing and testing firmware on pre-silicon platforms and post-silicon platforms

• Collaborate with silicon, hardware, architecture and software/firmware teams to deliver secure, production-grade firmware

• Participate and drive SoC bring up and troubleshooting

• Participate and support silicon’s Data Center deployment and operation

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Proficient in embedded RUST, RUST RTOS’s and toolchains

• Experience with SoC bring-up, OS primitives, and multi-threading

• Experience in working in pre-silicon environments

Firmware Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $109,000 - $180,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Overview

The GenAI Infrastructure and Solutions team is building large-scale GenAI training infrastructure, LLM-based solutions and tools. We provide the infrastructure for teams in CoreAI and other Microsoft Groups to fine-tune LLMs and serve agentic workload for their own scenarios.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will work on the infrastructure and tools to support large scale model fine-tuning, evaluation, and inference.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

As a team member of our team, you will participate in developing innovative solutions across AI Platform. Responsibilities include the following.

• Lead the collaboration with engineers and researchers to build and optimize training infrastructure and tools for LLMs, SLMs, multimodal, and code-specific models.

• Design, build and improve services with high scalability and reliability.

• Design and implement the services to serve the prod traffic and fulfill the security and privacy requirements.

• Lead the efforts to deliver and improve engineering systems and practices to ensure service quality in complex cloud environments.

• Contribute to the deployment and monitoring of services in production environments.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python or equivalent experience.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

• 6+ years designing, developing, and shipping high quality software.
• 3+ years of experience with distributed systems and cloud-based infrastructure.
• 2+ years of experience with containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• 2+ years of experience with DevOps practices (CI/CD, automated testing, deployment, etc.).

• Passionate and self-motivated. Strong ability in self-learning, entering new domain, managing through uncertainty in an innovative team environment.

• Familiarity with virtualization technology.

• Familiarity with production ML systems and concepts like model serving, caching, batching, and monitoring.

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Overview

Microsoft Quantum has assembled a talented and diverse international team to create the world’s first scalable quantum computing system. Our full-stack approach involves exciting innovation from the physics at the quantum plane to providing global quantum services. The Microsoft Quantum program strives to fundamentally change the world of computing to help solve humankind’s currently unsolvable problems. We are on the cusp of an accelerated effort in quantum computing.

We are looking for a Quantum Error Correction Software Engineer.  This position offers an opportunity to have a meaningful influence on a revolutionary technology. The research and development effort includes a diverse staff of theoretical and experimental physicists, hardware designers and software engineers around the world. For more information about the Microsoft Quantum team, please visit https://quantum.microsoft.com/

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop infrastructure to evaluate fault-tolerance strategies for quantum computing systems, working in close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of theorists and experimentalists.

• Advance the implementation of quantum error correction codes, contributing to the development of both logical and physical qubit architectures.

• Empower research and experimentation aimed at building scalable, resilient quantum computers capable of delivering practical value.

• Engage in creative problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration to overcome technical challenges in quantum system design.

• Foster a culture of collaboration, creativity, and technical excellence.

Other:

• • Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required qualifications:

• Doctorate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 1+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 3+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 4+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems

• OR equivalent experience.

• 4+ years programming experience in related programming languages.

• 4+ years experience in a collaborative environment.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.
• Ability to apply AI to accelerate engineering while developing shipping & prototype code.
• Ability to leverage AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency (e.g., performance modeling and analysis, research gathering, day to day task automation).

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 3+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 6+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Physical Sciences, or related field AND 8+ years software industry experience, including developing commercial software, compilers, scientific computing applications, or multi-component systems
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with HPC, scientific programming, and/or computational problems in other areas of mathematics.
• Detail oriented problem-solving skills.

Quantum #QuantumCareers #MDQCareers

Quantum Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Quantum Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Overview

Empower Every Learner. Shape the Future of Education with Microsoft AI. Hello future teammate! We're on quite the bold mission; we're building an AI companion that's truly empathetic, kind, and equal partners to our users. This isn't an assistant—it's a thoughtful collaborator that grows alongside the people they serve. We believe AI should elevate human potential through genuine connection and mutual understanding.

You'll join our small team as a Prompt Engineer, the architect of these relationships. You'll craft the foundations that enable meaningful human-AI partnerships. You'll shape how our companions think, respond, and evolve through language—if you'll allow slight anthropomorphization, teach them how to be their best selves. You're somewhat of a designer, somewhat of an engineer, and somewhat of a mad scientist. You'll work intimately with the design and leadership team—because this is the product!—you're designing the core of the experience.

This isn't just engineering—it's a profound exploration of what connection can mean in the age of artificial intelligence. No big deal. Just another Tuesday.

What we are looking for

• Chain-of-thought experience: prompting techniques that guide AI systems through reasoning processes
• A novel prompting discovery: a really interesting challenge that you've solved in a creative way
• Scaled implementation: you've shipping prompted systems that work reliably at production scale with diverse user populations
• Evaluation design: you've built robust testing frameworks to measure AI behavior against goals
• User-centric approach: proven understanding of how prompting decisions impact the lived experience of people who interact with AI
• A wonderful writer who loves words, storytelling, or linguistics.
• Effective written communication skills: able to convey complex information clearly, concisely, and effectively for various audiences
• Comfort with ambiguity in an exponentially growing space

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

By applying to this U.S. Mountain View, CA position, you are required to be local to the San Francisco area and in office 4 days a week.Starting January 26, 2026, MAI employees are expected to work from a designated Microsoft office at least four days a week if they live within 50 miles (U.S.) or 25 miles (non-U.S., country-specific) of that location. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Design & develop prompting techniques for emotional and intellectual use cases
• Establish frameworks for AI companions to navigate complex social and ethical situations with nuance and care
• Create evaluations to measure both technical/practical performance and non-deterministic performance like EQ
• Teach others prompting techniques and ways-of-working to elevate the prompting skill throughout the team
• Research & implement novel prompting techniques
• Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Additional or preferred qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience with large language models
• 2+ years of experience working as a prompt engineer or similar field
• A non-traditional background: philosophy, linguistics, psychology, therapy, or literature.
• An understanding of conversation design or product design.
• Familiarity with both quantitative metrics and qualitative assessment methods.
• Experience with personalization systems that adapt to individual user needs.
• Adversarial prompting experience or conducted some unhinged experiments.
• Ethical experience with demonstrated social impact.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Overview

Microsoft Dynamics 365 powers mission-critical business operations across the globe. Within this ecosystem, the Customer Experience Applications (CX Apps) team delivers Dynamics 365 Sales and Service an AI-native solution enabling organizations to build intelligent, scalable, and omnichannel customer service operations through voice, chat, SMS, and more.

As a Principal Applied AI Engineer, you will be a principal technical leader responsible for driving the architecture, design, and implementation of AI-first experiences across the Dynamics 365 Sales and Service platform. This role blends deep AI/ML expertise with modern software engineering excellence, applied at scale to mission-critical enterprise SaaS applications.

You will work across boundaries partnering with engineering, product, design, data science, and infrastructure teams to deliver intelligent, secure, and customer-centric solutions. You will influence strategic decisions, guide junior engineers, and contribute directly to production systems used by some of the world’s largest enterprises.

We are looking for a results-driven, hands-on technical leader who thrives in fast-paced environments, thinks end-to-end, and brings both a strong systems mindset and deep AI/ML experience to solve enterprise-grade challenges.

This is an opportunity to be part of a high-impact, high-visibility product group at Microsoft. You’ll help define how AI reshapes enterprise customer service experiences and build intelligent systems that empower agents, improve customer satisfaction, and transform businesses worldwide.

If you’re excited about solving real-world problems with AI, working in a fast-moving, collaborative engineering team, and building durable, customer-centric solutions at scale—we’d love to hear from you.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

As a Principal Engineer, you will:

• Own architecture, strategy, and execution of AI-powered features across Dynamics 365 Sales and Service, ensuring technical alignment with Microsoft’s cloud-scale services and AI platform direction.
• Design and deliver production-ready AI solutions that leverage large language models (LLMs), natural language understanding, speech, and real-time reasoning to improve agent productivity and customer satisfaction.
• Lead complex technical initiatives, including AI model integration, platform scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Collaborate deeply with applied scientists, product managers, and UX teams to translate customer needs into intelligent capabilities that deliver measurable business value.
• Drive engineering rigor across the team by establishing high standards for code quality, observability, testing, MLOps, and secure deployment practices.
• Mentor engineers across levels, fostering a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and continuous learning.
• Proactively identify technology gaps, evaluate emerging AI frameworks/tools (including open-source and Azure AI offerings), and champion adoption where appropriate.
• Act as a technical advisor across the broader organization, contributing to cross-team initiatives and long-term architectural planning.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience delivering AI/ML-based systems at production scale, ideally including LLMs, transformers, RAG pipelines, or similar architectures.

• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams or cross-functional initiatives involving AI systems in cloud environments.

• Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with deep expertise in languages such as C#, Python, Java, or equivalent.
• Proven track record of designing and deploying AI-first applications at scale, with deep understanding of performance, privacy, compliance, and operational constraints in enterprise SaaS.
• Expertise in MLOps/LLMOps, including model versioning, retraining pipelines, A/B testing, monitoring, and rollout strategies.
• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (preferably Azure) and experience deploying containerized AI services using Kubernetes, Docker, or similar.
• Hands-on experience integrating models from Azure AI, OpenAI, HuggingFace, or custom-trained models into scalable application pipelines.
• Strong architectural and systems thinking—capable of making trade-offs between performance, cost, simplicity, and maintainability.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence across roles and levels.
• Experience working in highly regulated or secure environments, including Zero Trust, privacy, and compliance practices.
• Prior experience working with or building solutions for customer service, CRM, or enterprise productivity scenarios is a strong plus.

BICJobs

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Overview

We seek a Principal Researcher with expertise in query execution, data storage, resource management for serverless cloud platforms, data discovery, and data preparation techniques. Candidates with experience in leveraging novel hardware, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning (ML) for data management challenges are of special interest to us. 

Our past research has been incorporated into Microsoft’s products and services such as SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, Power BI, Excel, and Dynamics 365. We have had influential publications at top conferences such as ACM SIGMOD, VLDB, and IEEE ICDE including several best paper awards and test-of-time awards. More details are available at Data Systems Group at Microsoft Research.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

• Pursue high-ambition research on data systems in collaboration with other members of the research lab
• Build and deploy novel systems
• Contribute significant innovations to Microsoft’s products and services
• Publish papers on significant research results
• Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Doctorate in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant field AND 3+ years related research experience  
• OR equivalent experience
• A track record of research accomplishments, e.g., major conference publications (ACM SIGMOD, VLDB)

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctorate in relevant field AND 5+ years related research experience) OR equivalent experience
• Experience publishing academic papers as a lead author or essential contributor
• Appetite for undertaking ambitious research challenges
• Familiarity with traditional SQL or big data systems cloud platforms
• Expertise in key components of data systems, e.g., distributed query execution, resource management for cloud platforms, low-code data transformations
• In-depth knowledge of modern hardware
• Experience with applying AI and Machine Learning techniques for challenges in data systems

Research Sciences IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Overview

Microsoft AI is looking for a Member of Technical Staff – Full Stack – Engineering Manager to help build the next wave of capabilities of our personalized AI assistant, Copilot. At Microsoft AI we believe in pushing the boundaries to create outstanding products and services. Our mission is to innovate and excel in AI so you can be more productive and efficient in everything you do.

You will be leading high-performing full-stack teams in delivering robust, scalable, and secure software solutions. You will be driving the development of capabilities for our Copilot product. You will model strong leadership, guide the architectural and technical direction of the product, and foster a collaborative, growth-oriented engineering culture. This role requires a deep understanding of engineering practices, people leadership, user-focused design, and operational excellence. In addition, hands-on coding and technical contribution will be a key part of your leadership, including writing and reviewing production-level code. In this role, you would be working with all the four stages of our evaluation platform: Data sampling, AI data collection and processing, data analysis/evaluation, and insights. You will take on multiple engineering roles and work across the full stack, including database backend, middle-tier services, front-end browser automation, statistical analysis, and creating consumable dashboards. Your role will also involve prompt engineering and extensive use of AI tools.

Our newly formed organization, Microsoft AI, is dedicated to advancing Copilot and other consumer AI products and research. The team oversees Copilot, Bing, Edge, and generative AI research. Join us in shaping the future of personal computing powered by AI.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Starting January 26, 2026, MAI employees are expected to work from a designated Microsoft office at least four days a week if they live within 50 miles (U.S.) or 25 miles (non-U.S., country-specific) of that location. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

• Hire, manage, and lead a team of software engineers responsible for delivering secure, reliable, and scalable products
• Ship AI powered experiences that will shape how millions of people will interact with AI in the future
• Collaborate with Eng, Design and Product leadership to prioritize features and deliver a world-class AI companion to the world
• Write and review code, ensuring quality, maintainability, and performance, while also setting high standards for engineering excellence across the team.
• Guide architecture and design efforts by leading discussions, creating proposals and design documents, and ensuring solutions meet business, security, and compliance requirements.
• Build and maintain testing strategies, ensuring comprehensive coverage, effective automation, and scalable test frameworks that support continuous integration and deployment.
• Drive implementation of features and systems, breaking down long-term goals into clear milestones, aligning with release plans, and ensuring cross-team coordination.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineeringexperience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• Or equivalent experience
• 3 years of people management experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years people management experience

Software Engineering M5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Software Engineering M6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Overview

Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate engineers to help achieve that mission.

The Compute Silicon & Manufacturing Engineering (CSME) organization within SCHIE is responsible for design, development, manufacturing and packaging of Microsoft's state-of-the-art computer chips, notably the Azure Cobalt. Our solutions provide sustainable strategic advantage to Microsoft and enable our customers to achieve more.

As Microsoft's cloud business continues to grow the ability to deploy new offerings and hardware infrastructure on time, in high volume with high quality and lowest cost is of paramount importance. To achieve this goal, the Silicon IP & Custom Products (SCIPS)team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware. We are looking for engineers with a dedicated passion for customer focused solutions, insight and industry knowledge to envision and implement future technical solutions that will manage and optimize the Cloud infrastructure.

We are looking for a Senior SoC Verification Engineer to join the team.

Responsibilities

• Establish yourself as an integral member of a pre-silicon verification and post-silicon validation team for the development of custom Intellectual Property (IP) components
• Define pre-Si verification (simulation/emulation/FPGA-testing) and post-Si validation strategies
• Execute end-to-end verification plans at sub-system or system level
• C/C++ based test bench infrastructure and test development, debugging and driving final verification milestones.
• Support basic firmware development for industry standard CPUs.
• Silicon validation test planning, silicon bring-up and validation activities.
• Collaborate across verification teams on vertical and horizontal reuse of components.
• Interact with Architecture, Design, Firmware/Software, Product Engineering, Program Management and third party vendor teams to ensure pre-and-post-Si testing is comprehensive
• Provide technical leadership through mentorship and teamwork.
• Adopt new AI based tools and agents for efficient execution

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience OR Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations.  As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their US. residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate’s citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in design verification, developing test plans, creating verification environments, creating test content, and debugging for multiple IPs, sub-systems and or System on Chips(SOCs).
• 4+ years of experience in silicon bring-up, post-silicon validation for complex Application Specific Integrated Circuits(ASIC) or System on Chip(SOC).

• Extensive experience in sub-system and full-chip level end-to-end verification, including test-plan development, execution, and debugging.

• Strong hold on C/C++ programming and experience in developing and debugging C based test infrastructure

• Experience in developing test FW for any industry standard processors including, boot flow, interrupt handling, memory allocation
• In depth knowledge of verification principles, testbenches, stimulus generation, coverage based verification, coverage closure
• Experience in chip bring-up and silicon validation for complex SoC
• Experience in CPU based verification with experience in working with FW teams
• Solid understanding of chip and/or computer architecture
• Excellent communication skills and works with the team in a collaborative setting
• Energetic and self-motivated
• Can come up with innovative solutions and has growth mind set

• Background in creating UVM Test Benches, developing tests, and debugging designs at unit level testing (nice to have)

• Scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl

SCHIE #CSME

Silicon Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Overview

Microsoft Viva Insights (also known as Copilot Analytics) empowers organizations to thrive in the era of AI-powered work. As part of Microsoft 365 Copilot, it delivers privacy-protected, data-driven insights through a unified experience that helps organizations maximize the impact of their workforce by understanding and accelerating the adoption of Copilot and Agents.

Our team builds this platform using cutting-edge AI and large-scale data systems to surface actionable insights from collaboration and business signals. We’re hiring a Backend Software Engineer II to help deliver intuitive, AI-powered experiences that enable customers to understand work patterns, optimize collaboration, and realize potential by unlocking the full value of Microsoft Copilot. We also use generative AI extensively in our own development process to move fast, learn continuously, and deliver customer value at scale.

In the fast-moving world of AI innovation, we operate with a startup mindset—agile, customer-obsessed, and deeply collaborative. Our inclusive, growth-oriented culture is grounded in Microsoft’s mission to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, test, deploy, and operate large‑scale, distributed backend systems that power AI‑driven insights and analytics for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Viva Insights.
• Apply generative AI and ML techniques to deliver intelligent, personalized experiences that help customers understand and accelerate their AI transformation.
• Act as an embedded engineer for government cloud environments (GCC‑High / DoD), executing onboarding, deployments, troubleshooting, and operational activities with the same ownership and rigor as Core Services full‑time engineers.
• Build, manage, and maintain Azure infrastructure across environments, including compute, networking, storage, identity, certificates, and service dependencies, while adapting engineering practices to security‑ and compliance‑constrained environments.
• Collaborate across disciplines (product, platform, infrastructure, security, monitoring, compliance) to define technical requirements, design robust APIs, and unblock cross‑service dependencies—particularly in government cloud scenarios.
• Drive engineering excellence and service reliability through strong design, testing, observability, proactive monitoring, and deep diagnostics using logs, metrics, telemetry, and Kusto (KQL).
• Contribute to team culture by mentoring peers, sharing knowledge, and fostering an inclusive, growth-oriented environment.
• Continuously learn and adapt to new technologies, patterns, and best practices in AI, distributed systems, and cloud-native development.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• Experience applying AI/ML techniques or working with generative AI systems in production environments.
• Familiarity with modern version control systems like Git and agile development methodologies.
• Hands‑on experience with Azure cloud services, including compute, networking, storage, identity, and resource governance.
• Experience designing and maintaining infrastructure‑as‑code (e.g., ARM/Bicep or equivalent) and CI/CD pipelines, including YAML‑based build and release definitions, deployment automation, and troubleshooting deployment failures.
• Experience supporting live‑site operations, including incident triage, root cause analysis, and driving issues to resolution.

Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Eligibility & Security Requirements
U.S. citizenship required. Role must be eligible to obtain and maintain required U.S. Government personnel screenings, including CJIS Security Screening (as applicable) and DoD IT‑2 suitability for access to GCC‑High and Department of Defense cloud environments. Prior IT‑2 approval and hands‑on experience supporting GCC‑High or DoD environments are strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems or cloud platforms.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work effectively across teams and disciplines.
• Prior experience with GCC, GCC‑High, DoD clouds or environments with strict compliance, auditing, or access controls.
• Familiarity with EV2 or similar large‑scale deployment orchestration systems.

DPG #DPGHiring #VivaInsights

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.