Senior Software Engineer in MT

We are looking to hire Senior Software Engineer for our Machine Translation team. If you are curious about the role of AI in tech, and translation specifically, this is the job for you. The Machine Translation team uses large scale deep learning models to deliver translations that help billions of users overcome language barriers. Our engineering team incorporates research breakthroughs into an Azure Cognitive service that powers translation in Microsoft applications like Bing, Edge, Teams and Office, as well as thousands of companies to translate everything from social media content to documents. This team is a unique blend of 'research' and 'product'.

We're a small, agile team, light on pigeonholes, big on autonomy. We've recently completed migration to Kubernetes and are still figuring out the micro-services world. We strive to stay current with the latest engineering tools and practices like Git, ADO, Cloud Build, frequent releases, scrum planning. Most of our codebase is in C#.

This position is focused on the backend service that hosts the translation models. It involves maintaining key objectives like latency, throughput, and availability, while solving runtime problems for a production cloud service such as scale up and out, deployment, performance, memory usage, scheduling, queuing, automation. There will also be an opportunity to collaborate with our researchers on NLP problems like tokenization, Unicode normalization, safe translations, tag consistency in output and other pre and post processing steps. 

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.

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

    o 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5+ years software development experience in distributed systems and .Net
• Bachelor degree or higher in Computer Science/Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Problem-solving skills
• Write clean, well-tested code, designed to work at scale
• Ability to manage competing priorities and schedules
• Desire to fix problems you didn't cause
• Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, micro-services
• Excellent communication skills
• Avid learner

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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         

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 27, 2024. 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Keep the lights on for the Translator service.
• Develop new features without breaking any of the existing ones.
• Own backend features from design through implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance.
• Embody our Culture and Values.