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Member of Technical Staff, AI Data Member of Technical Staff, AI Data

Location
Zürich, Ch
Job Number
200007170-en-1
City
Zürich
Team
Superintelligence Team
Country
Ch
Discipline
Software Engineering
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Overview
Help build the world’s most advanced multimodal dataset at Microsoft AI 
 
We are on a mission to create the largest and most advanced multimodal dataset in the world. This dataset, spanning all modalities from across the web and beyond, will power the training of the world’s most capable AI frontier models, pushing the boundaries of scale, performance, and product deployment.  
 
The AI Data team at Microsoft AI is responsible for all aspects of data preparation to support our model pre-training operations, including collecting data from the source, extracting and transforming the most useful data, and understanding the impact of changes to data by training and evaluating new models. We are an interdisciplinary team of engineers and scientists, learning from each other, and collaborating to create the best models and products. We work closely with the teams that transform pre-trained models into the models that power the consumer Copilot experience.  
 
We are looking for outstanding individuals excited about contributing to the next generation of systems that will transform the field. In particular, we are looking for candidates who: 
  • Are passionate about the role of data in large-scale AI model training 
  • Will thrive in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment 
  • Have a high degree of craftsmanship and pay close attention to details 
  • Demonstrate a proactive attitude and enthusiasm for exploring new methods and technologies 
  • Effectively manage multiple responsibilities and can adjust to shifting priorities.  
 
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 and develop data pipelines that ingest enormous amounts of multi-modal training data (text, audio, images, video). 

Build and maintain cutting-edge infrastructure that can store and process the petabytes of data needed to power models. 

Partner with the pretraining and post-training teams to improve our data recipe by rigorous and careful experimentation. 

Collaborate with the product team and other engineers and researchers across Microsoft AI to identify gaps in the current generation of models. 

Embody our culture and values. 



Qualifications
Required/Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modelling or data engineering work 

OR equivalent experience.

Expertise in large scale data engineering ideally applied to AI

Expertise in Spark, Kubernetes or similar. 

 
 #copilot #microsoftAI

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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Zürich, Ch

Member of Technical Staff – Software Engineer (AI infra) Member of Technical Staff – Software Engineer (AI infra)

Location
Zürich, Ch
Job Number
200007497-en-1
City
Zürich
Team
Superintelligence Team
Country
Ch
Discipline
Software Engineering
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Overview
Microsoft AI is looking for a Member of Technical Staff – Software Engineer to help build the next wave of capabilities of our personalized AI assistant, Copilot. We’re looking for someone who will bring an abundance of positive energy, empathy, and kindness to the team every day, in addition to being highly effective. The right candidate enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. You will actively contribute to the development of AI models that are powering our innovative products. You will wear multiple hats and work on engineering, research, and everything in between. Your contributions will span model architecture, data curation, training and inference infrastructures, evaluation protocols, alignment and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), and many other exciting topics at the cutting edge of AI. 
 
Microsoft AI is building foundational models to develop novel responsible and efficient artificial general intelligence. The foundational models require large compute-capacity, and as a Member of Technical Staff – Software Engineer you would be responsible to benchmark, profile, debug and tune the training and inference of generative AI running in the production Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) clusters. Sophisticated tools and techniques are needed to maintain the reliability, runtime performance, and health of the hundreds of nodes in a supercomputer consisting of thousands of GPUs. You must work closely with model scientists to instrument best known state-of-the-art and novel tools and techniques to achieve the smooth operation of the AI jobs. As a contributing member of the core group of engineers, you would also bring to the table best practices driving architectural changes and influence roadmap of relevant software and hardware components. Your work will directly impact the business goals of a wide range of users and facilitate the next wave of growth and innovation in AI. 
 
Our newly formed organization, Microsoft AI, is dedicated to advancing Copilot and other consumer AI products and research. The team is responsible for Copilot, Bing, Edge, and generative AI research. Come be a part of the team shaping the future personal computing. 
 
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
  • Develop and tune the pretraining scalable software for Nvidia GB200 72NVL CX8 and AMD MIxxx architectures. 
  • Benchmark GB200 and AMD MIxxx GPU clusters. 
  • Gather data and insights to develop the pretraining compute roadmap. 
  • Care deeply about conversational AI and its deployment. 
  • Actively contribute to the development of AI models that are powering our innovative products. 
  • 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 with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience with generative AI.
  • Experience with distributed computing. 
 
Preferred 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 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 equivalent experience. 
  • Experience in leading technical projects and supporting architectural decisions with data. 

 


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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