Microsoft · 3 hours ago
Senior AI Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company committed to security and innovation. They are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to implement features across backend services, build microservice components, and work on data pipelines, all while collaborating with senior engineers to ensure quality and performance in their AI-native security capabilities.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Implement backend microservices and API endpoints using C#/.NET and Python within established architectures, deployed on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
Build features across ML inference pipelines: integrate with rule engines, LLM serving platforms, and various model runtime services
Implement data pipelines and storage integrations: Event Hub connectors, Kusto queries, Redis caching layers, and configuration management
Add observability to services: OpenTelemetry instrumentation, logging, metrics collection, and health check endpoints
Optimize service performance: implement caching strategies, batching, and response streaming under guidance from senior engineers
Write comprehensive automated tests: unit tests, integration tests, and API contract tests
Participate in design discussions and code reviews; learn architectural patterns and effective practices from senior engineers
Document APIs, service behaviors, and operational procedures
Deploy and debug services in development environments; coordinate with AI Operations for production deployments
Fix bugs and address issues; participate in incident triage with guidance from senior engineers
Collaborate with frontend engineers to understand API requirements and deliver endpoints they need
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
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
4+ years software engineering experience building backend services
4+ years proficiency in C#/.NET or similar languages with solid API design practices
2+ years hands-on experience with ML/AI systems (coursework, projects, or production)
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Preferred
Experience building on Azure: AKS, Event Hub, Cosmos DB, Redis, Key Vault, Managed Identity
Exposure to ML inference technologies: model serving frameworks, inference runtimes, or ML pipelines
Distributed systems fundamentals: concurrency, messaging patterns, caching, and basic performance optimization
Experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers in addition to REST APIs
CI/CD and containerization experience: Docker, Kubernetes basics, Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
Observability experience: logging, metrics, tracing, and basic debugging in distributed systems
Security domain exposure: threat detection concepts, attack patterns, or security tooling
Track record shipping backend features used by other teams or customers
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (9192)
2024 (9343)
2023 (7677)
2022 (11403)
2021 (7210)
2020 (7852)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
Vukani Mngxati
Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa
Recent News
2026-01-16
Morningstar.com
2026-01-16
Company data provided by crunchbase