Senior Software Engineer

Join the AI Compiler Frontend team at Microsoft, where we pioneer kernel fusion compilation techniques, develop advanced AI graph compilation tools, and design new programming models for Microsoft’s next-generation supercomputers. A key focus is the automatic fusion and tuning of Triton kernels, sourced from both handwritten code and generators like Torch Inductor. 

 
Our interdisciplinary team operates at the crossroads of compiler engineering, programming language design, algorithmic innovation, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing. We thrive in a collaborative culture, partnering closely with researchers, hardware architects, platform engineers, and software teams across Microsoft. We also actively contribute to the open-source community, building AI software that is accessible and impactful. 
 

We’re looking for talented and team-oriented Software Engineers to help shape the future of AI compilation. This is a rare opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies that influence every Microsoft business. 

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI software in C/C++, Python, and other languages.  

• Designing and building polyhedral analysis and graph compilation tools for large-scale AI model fusion and optimization 

• Implementing innovative new graph and fusion compiler features and optimization passes  

• Developing code generation techniques for novel hardware platforms 

• Designing new programming abstractions for AI  

• Collaborating broadly across multiple disciplines from hardware architects to ML developers.  

• Identify requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, schedule deliverables.  

• Help establish and drive the adoption of outstanding coding standards and patterns and help enhance our inclusive engineering culture.  

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. 

• 2+ years experience with C/C++  

• Experience building compilers, using compiler frameworks like LLVM/MLIR, or optimizing AI/numerical workloads  

• Experience with graph compilation or kernel fusion 

• A strong commitment to a diverse and inclusive workgroup culture  

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.
• 2+ years experience with Python

• M.S. or Ph.D. in computer engineering or related fields, or equivalent industry experience  

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