Senior and/or Principal Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure

• Work on the architecture, design and development of the core compute services powering AzureML to tackle challenging AI problems using state-of-the-art LLM models such as GPT5 and OSS models.
• Work on the architecture, design, and development of the core AI Infrastructure services that support large scale AI training and inferencing.
• Develop, test, and maintain backend services written in C#, Go, Rust, C++, hosted on Kubernetes clusters and Docker containers.
• Develop and operate training/inference infra framework and machine learning systems.
• Enhance systems and applications to ensure high stability, efficiency, & maintainability, low latency, tight cloud security.
• Provide operational support and DRI responsibilities for the product.
• Collaborate closely with engineers, data scientists within the team, internal Microsoft Research teams and external enterprises to build better solutions together.
• Provide vision, expertise, and technical leadership to other team members.

• 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.
   

• 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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Knowledge and first-hand experience with large model training system.
• 3+ years of experience operating and design system which suppot the large model training.
• Experience in distributed systems and architecture.
• AI infrastructure and workload knowledge.
   

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.

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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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
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Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $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.

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