Microsoft

Microsoft

Posted via Microsoft Careers

Software Engineer

Posted Oct 3, 2026

Role at a glance

Job function
Software Engineering & IT Software Engineering
Salary
$111.1K – $183.7K/yr
Location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Work arrangement
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Education
Bachelor's

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About the role

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Overview
The Foundry Inferencing & Training organization is building the AI infrastructure and platforms that power large-scale model training, fine-tuning, and inference for Microsoft products and Azure AI Foundry customers. Our AI Infrastructure team manages one of the world’s largest GPU fleets and operates highly reliable, efficient AI supercomputing environments across Azure and Microsoft partner clouds.
 
As a Software Engineer, you will contribute to infrastructure and tools that support large-scale AI workloads on the latest NVIDIA and AMD GPUs. You will collaborate with experienced engineers and AI researchers, build your skills in distributed systems, Kubernetes, and GPU infrastructure, and take increasing ownership of reliable services operating at massive scale.
 
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.
 
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.
 
 
#EiP


Responsibilities
  • Designs, develops, tests, and maintains services and tools that support large-scale AI training and inference workloads.
  • Writes reliable, maintainable code using languages such as Go, Rust, Python, C++, or C#.
  • Contributes to infrastructure deployed across large-scale Kubernetes and GPU clusters in Azure and partner clouds.
  • Collaborates with engineers and AI researchers to understand requirements, troubleshoots issues, and improves the workload experience.
  • Monitors production systems, investigates reliability and performance issues, and implement fixes with guidance from experienced engineers.
  • Participates in code reviews, designs discussions, testing, deployment, and operational support.
  • Applies engineering best practices and AI-assisted development tools to improve system quality, security, reliability, and efficiency.


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and technical engineering experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Rust, or Python;
  • Or equivalent experience.

 

Preferred Qualifications: 

  • Experience with distributed systems, Kubernetes, containers, or cloud infrastructure.
  • Experience developing software in Go, Rust, Python, C++, or C#.
  • Familiarity with Linux, automated testing, CI/CD, monitoring, or production operations.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML platforms, GPU infrastructure, large-scale training, or inference systems.
  • Experience collaborating with others to deliver software and resolve technical issues.

 

#AIINFRA



Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 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 $111,100 - $183,700 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


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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