Software Engineering II

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.

Are you looking for an opportunity to solve business-critical problems for Fortune-500 customers globally using cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) technology? Do you enjoy tackling technical challenges and producing innovative solutions to real-world problems? Then come join the AI Platform team in Microsoft as a Software Engineer II.  You will be working along the best AI/ML engineering, science, and product talent in the industry and engaging with the largest, most complex customers and independent software vendors (ISVs) in the world. 

AI and ML is the explosive growth area in technology relevant to every business in every industry on the planet. The data economy is already booming with zettabytes of data generated by billions of connected devices. From these mountains of data, AI and ML will harvest valuable predictive signals and patterns that will fundamentally transform the face of business. With our own existing volumes of data and research assets, Microsoft is now a key player and a market leader in this industry.

The AI Platform organization at Microsoft has the charter to bring the best of our AI & Research assets, tools and cloud infrastructure, rich data, and trusted position together, to deliver AI and ML services and solutions to customers. The mission of the AI Customer Experience Engineering (CxE) team within the AI Platform organization is to co-innovate, incubate, and improve our core AI platform from scenarios utilizing Azure Cognitive Services like Azure OpenAI/ChatGPT, and Azure ML. We do so by building and infusing AI technologies in real world solutions and extending the signals from real world patterns to building robust, scalable AI platform services and products. To achieve this, we are co-innovating AI and ML powered solutions (rich APIs (application programming interfaces), ML models and end to end services) with our strategic ISVs and Enterprise customers, leveraging many other Azure technologies, including Azure core services and Python/C# microservices.

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.

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C++, C#, Java or Python
  • 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:

• Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP), OpenAI GPT(Generative Pre-trained Transformer models), Azure AI Services, and Machine Learning techniques.
• 3+ years of systems and services programming (C++, C# or Java)
• Proven technical problem solving, software design, and implementation skills as evidenced by prior projects.
• 1+ years of experience working collaboratively with technical people outside your team (customers or engineers/PMs)

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 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 $127,200 - $208,800 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 September 19, 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.

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• We are looking for an experienced Software Engineer who can work across Cloud services, on-prem systems and edge hardware.
• Designing software components and solutions, quickly learn about new services & technologies, and utilize them in the systems being designed.
• Passion for solving customer problems in a collaborative manner, desire to work on leading-edge technologies, and good communication skills.
• The role involves a fair amount of technical leadership and customer engagement in solving complex problems with the customer/partner.
• Knowledge transfer to partners and community.