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Senior AI Engineer

Microsoft
$119,800.00 - $234,700.00 / yr
United States, Washington, Redmond
Feb 12, 2026
Overview

In the 1980s, Microsoft Office revolutionized global industries and empowered the modern information worker by moving knowledge work from typewriters and physical ledgers to Microsoft Office. Today, you are looking at aleadershipopportunity atMicrosoft Office AI Teamtoleadthe next revolution in history, evolving Office from a digital tool into an intelligent copilot, as aSenior AI Engineer. Sitting at the intersection of agentic AI and next-generation multi-modal intelligence, you are missioned toarchitect and definetransformative AI solutions across Microsoft 365, empowering hundreds of millions of users to work and create naturally through text,voiceand vision-based experiences.

Achieving such goals requires more than just technical depth; it demands a unique mastery - the ability to deeply understand, build, andarchitectthe end-to-end intelligence that defines how AI behavesat scale. You will step beyond traditional boundaries tooperateas a multidisciplinaryrole, seamlessly bridging Software Engineering (SWE), Applied Science (AS), Product, and Design to ensure the true power of ML/LLM models are fully harnessed to translatecutting-edgecapabilities into secure, reliable, and delightful user experiences. Together, you willleadthe delivery ofintelligent breakthrough multi-modal systems powering Copilot agentic experiences across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and beyond.

As aSeniorAI Engineer, you willlead the design, development, and shipping ofproduction-grade agentic and/or multi-modal AI systems that integrate directly into core M365 Copilot experiences. Through your dedication, the future is in your hand to set the industry bar with autonomous agents, multi-agent frameworks, and LLM-powered workflows that fuse text, voice, and vision to translate user intent into high-quality outcomes atglobalscale. If you are passionate about advancing the frontiers of AI and shaping how people interact with technology, we invite you to join our mission.



Responsibilities
  • Architect, prototype, and lead the iterationon AI agent experiences that reimagine Office workflows, rapidly validating feasibility, UX, and technical approaches, while pushing the frontier of the agent-driven productivity.

  • Drive the delivery offeaturesbyoperatingat the true intersection of AS and SWE, where a single AI engineer can unlock disproportionate impact by translating model capability and product intent into intelligent, production-ready systems.

  • Designevaluation frameworks and observability tools tomonitorreal-time agent health,investigate customerfeedback, and buildcontinuous learningsystems forend-to-end AI workflows.

  • Invent and lead industry-defining multimodal AI experiences across Microsoft 365 by exploring new interaction paradigms androbust system architecturesthat unlock and define natural userinterfacebetween human and AI.

  • Cultivate a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning. Proactivelyidentifyand drive systemic improvements to build processes and engineering standards, while mentoringjunior coworkersto elevate the technical bar of the team.

  • Embody Microsoft culture and values.



Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience including some production experience building applications with LLMs and/or deploying ML/LLM/agent systems with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Python, Typescript/Javascript, C, C++, or C#

Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ yearsof experience training, fine-tuning, and evaluating ML/LLM models, including data preparation, experiment design, offline/online validation, and performance optimization.
  • Course work, research, or relevant training in ML/AI/LLMs, with a demonstratedtrack recordof pushing into new interdisciplinary areas at the intersection of applied science, engineering, and product.
  • Proventrack recordof technical leadership, including orchestratingcomplexagentic systems in production, advanced prompt design, tool/function calling, context and memory management, routing/planning, and evaluation.
  • Deepunderstanding of async programming patterns,microservicesarchitecture, and event-driven systems.
  • Growth mindset, resilience, and excellent communication & collaboration skills.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you needassistanceand/ora reasonableaccommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a requestvia theAccommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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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