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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 11 May 2026
💰 $304,200/yr($119,800/yr$304,200/yr)

About the role

Overview

In an era of unprecedented speed of AI advances, new techniques are needed to build software that leverage the latest AI capabilities. The AI Systems team develops solutions that help traditional computer systems work with new AI capabilities.  The team works with product and service teams to apply these solutions across Experiences & Devices (E&D). We tackle some of the most critical AI challenges helping Microsoft’s products and services become smarter, more secure, efficient, and delightful. 

As a Senior Software Engineer in the AI Systems team, you will be formulating design patterns and algorithms to solve novel problems in the AI transformation, creating prototypes to demonstrate new scenarios, architecting solutions to integrate with existing products and services, and help deliver new AI enabled experiences in product and services across E&D.  You will work with teams spanning Windows, Office, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, Teams, Edge, and more.  This role offers opportunities to collaborate with technical leaders across Microsoft, directly influencing AI decisions that shape the future of our products. You will sharpen your AI expertise as we refine, improve, and scale Microsoft’s innovations.  

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
  • Innovating and testing new approaches or novel theoretical/practical designs leveraging AI capabilities 

  • Working with code base across all partner teams to build prototypes demonstrating new experiences using our innovation 

  • Work with partner teams to align scenarios and technical direction with business goals 

  • Participate/lead v-teams to develop and execute engineering plans  

  • Write extensible, maintainable, well-tested, secure, and performant code 

  • Use debugging tools to validate assumptions and improve quality. 

  • Analyze and resolve performance bottlenecks  

  • Embody our Cultureand Values


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:  

  • Bachelor'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. 

  • Proven ability to independently drive changes with cross-team dependencies and ambiguous business requirements.
  • Excellent communication and documentation s

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Company

Microsoft

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