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Principal Product Manager, Foundational AI Research Principal Product Manager, Foundational AI Research

Location
New York, United States
Job Number
200018451-en-3
City
New York
Team
Microsoft Superintelligence
Country
United States
Discipline
Product Management
Overview
At Microsoft AI, we are on a mission to train the world’s most capable AI frontier models, pushing the boundaries of scale, performance, and product deployment. We’re tackling some of the most challenging problems in deep learning at scale. As a team, we will deliver one of the best foundation models in the world and use it to solve real world problems. 
 
Our team is led by Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of Microsoft AI. Our research team includes some of the brightest minds in the field, responsible for developing many of today’s most influential LLM models. Notably, MAI has launched MAI-1 models, including MAI-1-image debuting in top 10 in LMarena. 
 
As a Principal Product Manager, Foundational Research, you will be advancing the next generation of LLM models working on either (1) pre-training and post-training data and evaluations, (2) training infrastructure, or (3) API and Platform. You will be responsible for working backward from customer needs to prioritize new research, build evals and datasets, and work closely with AI researchers to build and execute project plans. 
 
In particular, we are looking for candidates who: 
  • Have built data collection or evaluation pipelines for pre-training or post-training AI models 
  • Have experience in working side-by-side with ML researchers or ML infrastructure teams to build large scale ML / AI models 
  • Take the initiative and enjoys finding paths through complexity in a fast-paced environment, innovative environment 
  • Are passionate about managing high stakes time-sensitive large-scale goals, and drive to relentlessly unblock progress 
  • Demonstrate a proactive attitude and enthusiasm for exploring new methods and are familiar with research and technical advancement in their area 
  • Have worked backwards from customer needs to deliver robust, scalable solutions that empower developers and enterprise customers.
 
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.
 
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Responsibilities
  • Identify and prioritize language / coding / multimodal issues and work with researchers to find a path to resolution. 
  • Create novel data collection tasks for taskers to evaluate models and to collect training data for fine-tuning. 
  • Create model prototypes to prove out new feature directions and scope projects. 
  • Collaborate closely with teams on infrastructure, data engineering, pre-training, post-training, and product feedback 
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and growth. 
  • Advance the AI frontier responsibly  
 
 
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Qualifications
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s Degree AND 8+ years experience in product/service/program management or software development OR equivalent experience. 
  • 2+ years direct, hands-on collaboration with model researchers and ML engineers in areas such as training runs, data evaluation, infrastructure, coding, or safety.
  • Experience building and shipping data pipelines or evaluation systems personally. 
 
Preferred Qualifications
  • A technical postgraduate degree is strongly preferred; a PhD is ideal but not mandatory. 
  • Demonstrated ability to bring enterprise or developer products to market by deeply engaging with end customers. 


Product Management 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.

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Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer

Location
New York, United States
Job Number
200018111-en-2
City
New York
Team
Monetization
Country
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Software Engineering
Overview

Senior Software Engineer – Auction Logic – Monetize Platform

We built a platform to provide an open, transparent marketplace and powerful enterprise technology enabling marketers to connect and engage consumers on thousands of high-quality websites and apps. 

The Monetize Platform is an advanced buy-side and sell-side advertising technology platform that enables buyers and sellers to access and trade premium inventory in a transparent and streamlined environment.

Microsoft is hiring an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Auction Logic team, specifically focused on build, test, deploy, and monitoring.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will

  • Lead the cross-team engineering efforts to build business critical products for publishers and buyers on the Monetize platform.
  • You will collaborate with a team of smart, passionate engineers.
  • You will own significant areas of the Monetize real-time platforms and function as the architect.
  • You will participate in setting the roadmap and direction for your areas of responsibility.

About the team:

The mission of the Auction Logic team is to create the digital marketplace with a purpose of accurately connecting advertisers (buyers) and publishers (sellers) in the most effective and efficient way possible. The team is responsible for building and operating a set of core components of Monetize real-time platform, specifically the distributed set of servers that runs an auction for every ad impression, delivers the ad content, and performs all the necessary accounting. The Monetize real-time platform is a large-scale distributed platform operating under strict real-time constraints, responding to and executing real-time, dynamic auctions in less than 100 milliseconds. In the past few years, we’ve grown from processing 300k QPS to over 5 million QPS for an approximate total of 100 billion requests per day. These events generate more than 150 TB of new data every day. Engineers work on the real-time components to optimize our software for performance, space, and algorithmic efficiency. The application that processes all those requests, impression bus, is among the responsibilities of the Auction Logic team. You will provide solutions to help connect advertisers and publishers in the digital marketplace as well as resolve complex technical issues that arise because of the immense scale of our platform.

About the job:

As a technical leader you’ll design and implement solutions that span multiple applications on the real time platform, are high quality, require hard real time constraints, are easy to operate and maintain, and make the lives of product engineers easier.  You will own or influence significant parts of the platform and allied areas. You will work closely with other engineers and our product teams, to not only make these systems go faster and handle more and more data, but also to build revolutionary new products for our clients. responsibilities will include:

  • Designing and implementing scalable solutions including new features and enhancements of our Platform.
  • Participating in and helping lead planning sessions with Product Management and Engineering team leads to constructing feature requirements and specifications.
  • Produce prototype features quickly and participate in gathering feedback from clients.
  • Bring innovation to the team in new features, improving build processes and product development lifecycle.
  • Participate in code reviews and provide feedback to increase code efficiency, maintainability and robustness.
  • Support and debug production level issues and provide fixes in an expedient manner.
  • Mentor junior engineers on best practices in software development

More about you:

  • You are focused on building high-quality, intuitive products.
  • You are passionate about learning and teaching.
  • You love challenging yourself to constantly improve and sharing your knowledge to empower others.
  • You view processes as a means and not an end, preferring lean or automated approaches to ensure quality and productivity.
  • You are not satisfied with the status quo and are always looking to improve how things are done and what is built


Responsibilities
  • Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
  • Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
  • Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
  • Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
  • Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
  • Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.


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.

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.
  • 5+ years of experience as a professional software developer.
  • Experience building high performance, multi-threaded, distributed systems and applications, preferably in a Linux environment.
  • Experience practicing advanced optimization techniques.
  • Solid fundamental understanding of generalized architecture patterns and service-oriented architecture (SOA).
  • Excellent Computer Science fundamentals with regards to data structures, algorithms, time complexity, etc.
  • Excellent and creative problem-solving abilities. We will consider extensive experience with other languages as well, e.g., Rust, Go, etc.

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 $158,400 – $258,000 per year.

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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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Principal Technical Program Manager – Copilot Identity Principal Technical Program Manager – Copilot Identity

Location
New York, United States
Job Number
200010494-en-3
City
New York
Team
Data, Security & Privacy
Country
United States
Discipline
Technical Program Management
Overview

Copilot Security is at the heart of Microsoft’s mission to deliver trusted, human-centered AI experiences. We make trust, safety, and resilience foundational to every Copilot interaction, across devices, platforms, and ecosystems. Our work spans secure identity flows, defenses against emerging threats like prompt injection, and privacy-first systems that scale globally. 

As a Principal Techncal Program Manager on Copilot Identity, you’ll lead initiatives that strengthen authentication, authorization, and account lifecycle experiences across desktop, web, and mobile. Your work ensures every Copilot interaction meets the highest standards of privacy, compliance, and reliability, while enabling developer velocity at Microsoft scale. 

You’ll work at the intersection of security, user experience, and platform scale, partnering with engineering, research, and product teams to turn complex identity challenges into paved roads for innovation. From shaping strategy to orchestrating global execution, your impact will be felt across Microsoft’s most transformative products. 

This is a rare opportunity to influence the security architecture for AI experiences used by hundreds of millions worldwide. If you thrive on solving hard problems, driving clarity in ambiguity, and building systems that scale with trust, we want you on this team.

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.

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Responsibilities
  • Lead and orchestrate identity improvement programs across multiple client surfaces (e.g., desktop, web, and mobile), aligning roadmaps and milestones with partner teams and the Microsoft central identity system.
  • Partner with research, engineering, and product managers to scope initiatives, define success metrics, and plan phased delivery that reduces risk and accelerates customer value.
  • Ensure data quality, availability, and compliance for identity-related telemetry and signals; work with stakeholders to meet all privacy, security, and compliance requirements for shipping features at scale.
  • Drive execution excellence: define schedules, milestones, KPIs, and review cadences; track progress, manage dependencies, surface risks, and ensure on-time delivery.
  • Communicate program status, insights, and blockers with leadership and stakeholders; clarify ownership, hold teams accountable, and cultivate durable cross-org partnerships.
  • Manage program execution and stakeholder engagement across geographically distributed teams, proactively addressing time zone challenges and fostering effective communication.
  • Schedule and facilitate meetings, reviews, and decision-making sessions that accommodate global team members, ensuring all voices are heard and progress remains on track. 


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects. 
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s Degree AND 12+ years experience engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience with authentication and identity systems, including practical knowledge of protocols (e.g., OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML), session management, MFA, federation, and directory services. 
  • Experience reading and/or writing code (e.g., sample documentation, product demos).
  • Proven track record driving feature launches and large-scale rollouts in complex systems, ideally across multiple client surfaces (desktop, web, mobile). 
  • Experience defining long-term program vision and strategy for identity/security projects; proficiency with OKRs and KPI-driven execution.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills; ability to crisply communicate technical concepts to diverse audiences. 
  • Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while driving clarity, alignment, and results. 
  • Demonstrated experience collaborating with globally distributed teams. 
  • Ability to adapt communication and project management approaches to suit diverse cultural and working styles.
  • Experience working with Microsoft’s central identity ecosystem and partner teams, or similar large-scale identity platforms. 
  • Familiarity with privacy-by-design principles and compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, regional data regulations) for identity data. 
  • Understanding of risk-based authentication, device-bound credentials, passkeys/WebAuthn, and related identity innovations. 

 

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Technical Program Management 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.

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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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Job Number
200009311-en-3
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Data, Security & Privacy
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As Microsoft continues to push the boundaries of AI, we are on the lookout for passionate individuals to work with us on the most interesting and challenging AI questions of our time. Our vision is bold and broad — to build systems that have true artificial intelligence across agents, applications, services, and infrastructure.  

Security Engineering for Copilot is focused on building and securing systems that accelerate this process by making it easy and safe to incorporate more data and functionality that would otherwise be too scary/risky to do.  

We are looking for a Principal Security Engineer to identify areas of risk and opportunity, then design and build solutions in Copilot, making the product and its platform more secure. This can include everything from secure coding standards, to API design, to infrastructure, sandboxing, automated testing/fuzzing, application security, insider risk and abuse detection. Since Agential AI orchestration poses novel threats to security and privacy from information flows, misinterpretation, and exfiltration risk, you will be expected to have an understanding of these and be able to apply (or invent!) the latest research directly into the codebase to address these challenges.

You will possess a methodical approach to problem-solving, proficiency in backend technologies, a familiarity with applied AI and its unique security challenges, and the ability to architect solutions that stand the test of time. Many problems in this space have not been solved before! The right candidate is hands-on and enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. A key skill is the judgment to make the right risk vs velocity and value decisions.

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Responsibilities
  • Build secure and performant AI Platform services that power Copilot.
  • Solve novel security and privacy problems at the frontier of applied AI and agential systems.
  • Work collaboratively with other Platform, infrastructure, application engineers as well as AI Researchers to build next generation AI products and services. 
  • Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code.  
  • Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively.  
  • Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle. 
  • Embody our Culture and Values.


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, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 8+ years’ experience building scalable services, including securing applications and infrastructure on top of cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • Familiarity with novel classes of attacks on AI-powered systems
  • Dedication to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with a focus on application quality, performance, and security.
  • Experience “engineering out” classes of bugs and/or vulnerabilities by building secure coding and systems interfaces.
  • Experience working with AI platforms, frameworks, and APIs.  
  • Staying up to date with the latest research into attacks and defenses for AI-powered systems.
  • Experience using Machine Learning frameworks, including experience using, deploying, and scaling language learning models, either personally or professionally.  
  • Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and user experience. 
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers.  
  • Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 
  • Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in web development and AI. 
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines. 
  • Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.

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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.

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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.

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200013247-en-3
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About the Role 

Copilot for consumers is entering a new era of agentic AI, where intelligent agents act on behalf of users across Windows, Edge, web, mobile, and third-party products. We’re seeking a Principal Software Engineer to contribute to the development of security features and solutions that harness agentic AI to protect customers and enable new capabilities in Copilot. You’ll design, build, and ship AI-powered defenses, secure orchestration frameworks, and enabling technologies that empower Copilot to act safely and responsibly at scale. This role requires solid engineering skills, creativity in applying agentic AI to security challenges, and a passion for building systems that balance innovation with trust. 

Why This Role Matters 

Your work will directly shape how hundreds of millions of users experience safe, trustworthy, and innovative AI. You’ll be at the forefront of defining how agentic AI can proactively defend users, mitigate emerging threats, and unlock new secure scenarios—making a global impact on Microsoft’s most transformative products.

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, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.



Responsibilities
  • Develop and ship agentic AI-powered security features that protect users from threats such as prompt injection, adversarial manipulation, and abuse of agentic workflows.
  • Design and implement secure orchestration frameworks that enable Copilot to safely delegate, coordinate, and execute actions across devices, services, and platforms.
  • Invent and apply new intelligent agents that leverage information flow analysis and apply common sense and judgement guardrails for security and privacy. 
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, security, privacy, and AI teams to drive adoption of agentic security patterns and best practices across Copilot and MAI.
  • Monitor key metrics for agentic AI security and innovation, using data-driven insights to improve defenses and enablement.
  • Align with central Microsoft security and AI roadmaps, landing platform capabilities in Copilot and MAI consumer scenarios.
  • Document secure agentic AI patterns, ensuring they address novel risks, support safe delegation, and enable responsible orchestration of actions. 


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, Go, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master’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 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.
  • 8+ years in technical engineering roles building large-scale services.
  • 8+ years hands-on experience designing and operating security-critical or AI-powered systems at scale, including agentic AI, secure orchestration, or advanced threat defenses. 
  • Proven ability to design, build, and ship agentic AI features or frameworks.
  • Ability to clearly explain complex systems and security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders and influence cross-org roadmaps. 
  • Experience building production agent systems using frameworks such as LangGraph, Amazon Strands SDK, or similar platforms; familiarity with agentic design patterns including tool calling, multi-agent coordination, and secure delegation patterns.
  • Hands-on experience with distributed training frameworks (Ray, Slurm, HPC), containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) for ML model deployment, and ML lifecycle management in production environments.
  • Experience designing evaluation frameworks for LLM-based applications and implementing observability for agent systems using tools such as Phoenix, MLFlow, LangFuse, or custom eval harnesses; understanding of AI safety evaluation methodologies including adversarial testing and red-teaming.
  • Experience integrating with Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI Service, or Microsoft security platforms (Azure AD, Defender, Purview).
  • Track record of mentoring engineers, driving adoption of secure agentic AI standards across product teams, and influencing technical roadmaps while balancing innovation velocity with fundamentals.


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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.

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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.

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Senior Software Engineer – Microsoft AI, Copilot Senior Software Engineer – Microsoft AI, Copilot

Location
New York, United States
Job Number
200010558-en-2
City
New York
Team
Data, Security & Privacy
Country
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Discipline
Software Engineering
Overview

As Microsoft continues to redefine the future of AI, we are seeking passionate engineers to tackle some of the most complex and impactful challenges of our time. Our vision is bold — to build intelligent systems that deeply understand users and adapt across agents, applications, services, and infrastructure. 
 
This role focuses on building distributed systems and APIs that power adaptive, context-aware experiences across Microsoft AI. We aim to make Copilot feel like your Copilot — responsive to your preferences, workflows, and goals — while preserving privacy, security, performance, and scale. 

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and development of distributed data infrastructure, APIs and personalization pipelines that drive Copilot’s intelligence. You will work across Microsoft AI and Copilot teams. 

You will possess a methodical approach to problem-solving, proficiency in backend technologies, a familiarity with applied AI and its unique challenges, and the ability to architect solutions that stand the test of time. The right candidate is hands-on and enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. A key skill is the judgment to make the right risk vs velocity and value decisions. 

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, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile  commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from  the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.  



Responsibilities
  • Architect scalable, low-latency systems/data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and serving personalized signals.
  • Design, build, and maintain robust pipelines for telemetry, product usage, and experimentation data. 
  • Design data models and APIs that enable Copilot to reason about user context, preferences, and history.
  • Build real-time and batch personalization engines that adapt Copilot’s behavior.
  • Collaborate with privacy, security, and responsible AI teams to ensure personalization is safe, transparent, and user-controlled.
  • Optimize for performance, reliability, and cost across diverse workloads and geographies.
  • Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code.  
  • Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively.  
  • Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle. 
  • Embody our Cultureand Values.   


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience building systems with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python, C#, C++, Golang, Rust, Java  

    • OR equivalent experience.  

Preferred Qualifications:
  • 4+ years’ experience building scalable services, including securing applications and infrastructure on top of cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP.  
  • Experience with large scale data systems.  
  • Experience working with AI platforms, frameworks, and APIs.   
  • Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and user experience. 
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers.   
  • Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in web, data systems and AI.  
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines.  
  • Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team. 

#MicrosoftAI



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


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.

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Senior Software Engineer – Copilot Security Senior Software Engineer – Copilot Security

Location
New York, United States
Job Number
200008376-en-2
City
New York
Team
Data, Security & Privacy
Country
United States
Discipline
Software Engineering
Overview

About the Team 

Copilot Security is at the core of Microsoft’s mission to deliver trusted, human-centered AI experiences. We make security and resilience intrinsic to every Copilot interaction across devices, platforms, and ecosystems. Our work spans secure identity flows, defenses against emerging threats like prompt injection, and privacy-first systems that scale globally. 

About the Role 

Copilot for consumers is entering a new era of agentic AI, where intelligent agents act on behalf of users across Windows, Edge, web, mobile, and third-party products. We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help develop security features and solutions that harness agentic AI to protect customers and enable new capabilities in Copilot. You’ll contribute to designing and building AI-powered defenses, secure orchestration frameworks, and enabling technologies that empower Copilot to act safely and responsibly at scale. This role is ideal for engineers who are passionate about applying technical skills to solve security challenges and build systems that balance innovation with trust. 

Why This Role Matters 

Your work will directly shape how hundreds of millions of users experience safe, trustworthy, and innovative AI. You’ll be at the forefront of defining how agentic AI can proactively defend users, mitigate emerging threats, and unlock new secure scenarios, making a global impact on Microsoft’s most transformative products. 

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
  • Develop and ship agentic AI-powered security features that protect users from threats such as prompt injection, adversarial manipulation, and abuse of agentic workflows.  
  • Implement secure orchestration frameworks that enable Copilot to safely delegate, coordinate, and execute actions across devices, services, and platforms.  
  • Invent and apply new intelligent agents that leverage information flow analysis and apply common sense and judgement guardrails for security and privacy.    
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, security, privacy, and AI teams to adopt agentic security patterns and best practices across Copilot and MAI.  
  • Monitor key metrics for agentic AI security and innovation, using data-driven insights to improve defenses and enablement.  
  • Document secure agentic AI patterns, ensuring they address novel risks, support safe delegation, and enable responsible orchestration of actions.


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.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 3+ years in technical engineering roles building large-scale services. 
  • Hands-on experience designing and operating security-critical or AI-powered systems at scale, including agentic AI, secure orchestration, or advanced threat defenses. 
  • Proven ability to design, build, and ship agentic AI features or frameworks 
  • Ability to clearly explain complex systems and security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders and influence cross-org roadmaps. 
  • Agentic AI Development & Orchestration: Experience building production agent systems using frameworks such as LangGraph, Amazon Strands SDK, or similar platforms; familiarity with agentic design patterns including tool calling, multi-agent coordination, and secure delegation patterns 
  • Hands-on experience with distributed training frameworks (Ray, Slurm, HPC), containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) for ML model deployment, and ML lifecycle management in production environments 
  • Experience designing evaluation frameworks for LLM-based applications and implementing observability for agent systems using tools such as Phoenix, MLFlow, LangFuse, or custom eval harnesses; understanding of AI safety evaluation methodologies including adversarial testing and red-teaming 
  • Experience integrating with Azure AI services, Azure OpenAI Service, or Microsoft security platforms (Azure AD, Defender, Purview) 
  • Track record of mentoring less experienced engineers, driving adoption of standards and best practices across teams, and influencing technical roadmaps while balancing innovation velocity with fundamentals 

#MicrosoftAI 



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


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.

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Principal Software Engineer – Data, Personalization – Microsoft AI Principal Software Engineer – Data, Personalization – Microsoft AI

Location
New York, United States
Job Number
200016917-en-2
City
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Team
Data, Security & Privacy
Country
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Discipline
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Overview

As Microsoft continues to redefine the future of AI, we are seeking passionate engineers to tackle some of the most complex and impactful challenges of our time. Our vision is bold — to build intelligent systems that deeply understand users and adapt across agents, applications, services, and infrastructure.

This role focuses on building distributed data systems and APIs that power adaptive, context-aware experiences across Microsoft AI. We aim to make Copilot feel like your Copilot — responsive to your preferences, workflows, and goals — while preserving privacy, security, performance, and scale.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to lead the design and development of distributed data infrastructure, APIs and personalization pipelines that drive Copilot’s intelligence. You will work across Microsoft AI and Copilot teams.

You will possess a methodical approach to problem-solving, proficiency in backend technologies, a familiarity with applied AI and its unique challenges, and the ability to architect solutions that stand the test of time. The right candidate is hands-on and enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. A key skill is the judgment to make the right risk vs velocity and value decisions.

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, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.



Responsibilities
  • Architect scalable, low-latency systems for ingesting, processing, and serving personalized signals.
  • Design data models and APIs that enable Copilot to reason about user context, preferences, and history
  • Build real-time and batch personalization engines that adapt Copilot’s behavior.
  • Collaborate with privacy, security, and responsible AI teams to ensure personalization is safe, transparent, and user-controlled
  • Optimize for performance, reliability, and cost across diverse workloads and geographies.
  • Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code.
  • Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively.
  • Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle.
  • Embody our Culture and Values.  


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, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • 4+ years’ experience building scalable services, including securing applications and infrastructure on top of cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
  • 3+ years’ experience in OSS data technology, such as Kafka, Spark, Flink.
  • Experience with large scale data systems
  • Experience working with AI platforms, frameworks, and APIs.  
  • Experience using Machine Learning frameworks, including experience using, deploying, and scaling language learning models, either personally or professionally.  
  • Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and user experience. 
  • Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers.  
  • Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in web, data systems and AI. 
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines. 
  • Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.

#MicrosoftAI



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.

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Account Manager Account Manager

Location
New York, United States
Job Number
200023122-en-1
City
New York
Team
Microsoft Advertising
Country
United States
Discipline
Advertising Client Success
Overview

Microsoft Advertising (MSA) empowers the largest advertisers around the world to reach their maximum potential through digital advertising solutions on the Microsoft Advertising platform. We are seeking top performing Account Executives with digital advertising experience who can drive revenue and increase customer satisfaction by developing and cultivating strategic client relationships and delivering customized solutions aligning to the client’s advertising needs. 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.

As an Account Manager (AM) focused on Microsoft Advertising, you will enable Microsoft to better serve clients by applying your obsession to what clients care about and need, ensuring our story is valued and understood, and building and maintaining solid trusted-advisor relationships with day-to-day practitioner contacts at advertiser/agency. You will drive both revenue and client satisfaction across MSA’s performance solutions and as a core member of the account team, this opportunity will allow you to focus on driving data-driven optimizations aligned with client needs, executing campaigns and driving solid coordination or internal resources for excellence in execution of core tasks, account transitions, and client account health.

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, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.



Responsibilities
  • You will plan with purpose through client planning as you will partner with the teams, including AEs, Specialist team to develop and execute MSA account plan, leveraging winning sales strategies replicated across clients and client types.
  • You will learn about the client’s business drivers, compelling events, seasonality of business to identify opportunities to optimize consumption and partner with the Account Executive in development of sales plans for the client. Goals focus on Search and incubation product growth, as well as cross Microsoft opportunities and share accountability with the Account Executive and the team.
  • You will influence existing Digital Marketing Managers and Directors, Digital Buying Groups and always leads with insights and data and tailor content and messages about ways to grow and optimize campaigns to increase business results as you influence Stakeholders and Decision Makers by sharing data insights and product demonstrations, bring to life how MSA can increase business results.
  • You will optimize the existing book of client business to achieve sales targets and deliver excellent sales hygiene, consistently execute against pipeline, opportunity management, and revenue goals. Uses a solution selling mindset to identify across Microsoft opportunities that deliver end-to-end beneficial client outcomes as well as bring the best resources to overcome blockers and ensure success.
  • You will support the Account Executive in building a negotiation plan to ensure smooth closing and timely renewal of contracts.
  • You will maintain a positive approach during difficult objections & negotiations and demonstrate expertise in MSA’s features and incentives, including incubations products. Able to upsell and increase consumption of existing products, identify winning sales strategies, package them for efficiency and replicate them across similar client type.
  • Embody our culture and values


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND 2+ years relevant work experience (e.g., sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on digital advertising)
    • OR Bachelor’s Degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND 4+ years relevant work experience (e.g., sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on digital advertising)
    • OR 6+ years relevant work experience (e.g., sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on digital advertising)
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 1+ year of experience managing hands-on search advertising campaigns and other performance-based digital marketing campaigns.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND 4+ years relevant work experience (e.g., sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on digital advertising)
    • OR Bachelor’s Degree in Sales, Marketing, or related field AND 5+ years relevant work experience (e.g., sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on digital advertising)
    • OR 8+ years relevant work experience (e.g., sales, advertising, or marketing with a focus on digital advertising)
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience managing hands-on search advertising campaigns and other performance-based digital marketing campaigns.
  • 2+ years of experience in online media or Search Engine Marketing Sales and Service experience.


#MicrosoftAI #MicrosoftAdvertising



Advertising Client Success IC3 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,100 – $169,800 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 $112,000 – $185,300 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.

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Member of Technical Staff – Pretraining Text Data Member of Technical Staff – Pretraining Text Data

Location
New York, United States
Job Number
200009269-en-3
City
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Team
Microsoft Superintelligence
Country
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Discipline
Software Engineering
Overview

We are seeking engineers and researchers to join our Pretraining Text Data team, where we are building the next generation of foundation large language models. If you are passionate about designing and curating high-quality datasets to power frontier AI models, this role is for you. 

In this role, you’ll work at the intersection of data and innovation—collaborating with scientists, engineers, and annotators to curate, analyze, and evaluate diverse text datasets critical to model development. You will lead efforts to: 

  • Develop novel data collection strategies 

  • Improve dataset quality and integrity 

  • Understand data-driven model behaviors 

  • Train models to understand the impact of data and data mixes 

  • Align datasets with ethical and societal values 

This is a cross-disciplinary, high-impact role ideal for engineers and researchers who want to push the boundaries of what AI can learn from data. 

  

Microsoft Superintelligence Team 

Microsoft Superintelligence team’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. 

This role is part of Microsoft AI’s Superintelligence Team. The MAIST is a startup-like team inside Microsoft AI, created to push the boundaries of AI toward Humanist Superintelligence—ultra-capable systems that remain controllable, safety-aligned, and anchored to human values. Our mission is to create AI that amplifies human potential while ensuring humanity remains firmly in control. We aim to deliver breakthroughs that benefit society—advancing science, education, and global well-being. 

We’re also fortunate to partner with incredible product teams giving our models the chance to reach billions of users and create immense positive impact. If you’re a brilliant, highly-ambitious and low ego individual, you’ll fit right in—come and join us as we work on our next generation of models! 

  

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
  • Create high-quality datasets for training and evaluation; run experiments on new datasets (data ablations) to assess their impact and determine the most effective data.
  • Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines for text data ingestion, preprocessing, filtering, and annotation.
  • Analyze real-world text datasets to assess quality, diversity, relevance, and identify areas for improvement.
  • Build lightweight tools and workflows for dataset auditing, visualization, and versioning.
  • Collaborate with Safety, Ethics, and Governance teams to ensure datasets meet standards for quality, privacy, and responsible AI practices.
  • Embody our culture and values. 


Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

  • Bachelor’s Degree in AI, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python and common data libraries (Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
    • OR equivalent experience.  

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Master’s Degree in in AI, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or related technical discipline AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python and common data libraries (Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
    • OR Bachelor’s Degree in AI, Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Physics, Engineering, or related technical discipline AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python and common data libraries (Pandas, NumPy, etc.)
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in data analysis or data engineering, including work with large-scale datasets that are unstructured or semi-structured.
  • Proficiency in statistics and exploratory data analysis methods.
  • Familiarity with data processing frameworks such as Spark, Ray, or Apache Beam.
  • Ability to communicate technical findings clearly to research and product teams. 


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.

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