Software Engineer II (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineer II (AI): Accelerating the adoption of Location, Places and POI data for Copilot and Bing Search experiences with an accent on providing rich entity data to experiences across the Bing Search and Copilot space. Focus on using a range of software tools and services, including large-scale interactive data analytics, scalable map-reduce compute, machine learning and AI, LLM models, service and data engineering, security, compliance, and service management.

Location: Redmond, United States. Employees who live within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. are expected to work from the office at least four days per week.

Salary: USD $100,600 – $199,000 per year.

Company

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

What you will do

• Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to clarify requirements and incorporate continuous feedback loops.
• Contribute to solution architecture, create design documents, and ensure alignment with security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
• Implement maintainable, extensible code and participate in reviews that uphold Microsoft engineering standards.
• Develop and refine test plans, integrate automation, and ensure robust test coverage for backend services.
• Integrate telemetry, improve tools and processes, and maintain compliance with reliability, accessibility, and regulatory expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

Nice to have

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of hands-on software design and coding experience.
• 2+ years of strong background in software development and system design.
• Experience in AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow and practical experience applying Data Science techniques.
• Experience in big data systems such as Spark/PySpark or Stream Processing Systems.
• Experience with cloud services.

Culture & Benefits

• Foster an inclusive environment that welcomes diverse perspectives, and in turn leverages that diversity to create more inclusive products for our customers.
• Model a growth mindset by learning from others and sharing your learnings with others.
• Embody our Culture and Values.