Job description

Overview Bring your passion for innovation and research to a team at the forefront of artificial intelligence and machine learning. If you’re eager to make significant contributions through user engagement, intelligent experiences, and real product scenarios, this Software Engineer opportunity within AI Experiences Search Fundamentals and Search Place will excite you. The Search organization includes the product, engineering and growth teams for Microsoft Bing and the Web IQ search engine for agents. Our team’s search products and services are used by over one billion people every month, and are being leveraged in Microsoft Azure, Office and Windows. They are also included in partner products like Amazon Kindle, DuckDuckGo, Meta AI, and Open AI’s ChatGPT. Our work powers core experiences across Bing Search, Ads, Copilot, and the broader Microsoft ecosystem, reaching billions of users worldwide. The pace of innovation in this space creates extraordinary opportunities and equally complex technical challenges, demanding breakthroughs in machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, and large‑scale optimization. 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. Responsibilities • Understand User Requirements – Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to clarify requirements and incorporate continuous feedback loops. • Design and Architecture – Contribute to solution architecture, create design documents, and ensure alignment with security, privacy, and compliance requirements. • Coding and Code Quality – Implement maintainable, extensible code and participate in reviews that uphold Microsoft engineering standards. • Testing and Automation – Develop and refine test plans, integrate automation, and ensure robust test coverage for backend services. • Engineering Excellence – Integrate telemetry, improve tools and processes, and maintain compliance with reliability, accessibility, and regulatory expectations. • Champion customer-first design leads to increased loyalty to Copilot, Search and our Partners across various organizations. • Demonstrate partnership, accountability, clarity in communication and technical depth while delivering results. • Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale. Qualifications Required Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python • OR equivalent experience. Preferred Qualifications: • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience 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 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python • OR equivalent experience. • Hands-on software design and coding experience. • Problem-solving design, implementation, and communication skills. • Experience in AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow. • Experience in big data systems such as Spark/PySpark or Stream Processing Systems. • Experience with cloud services.  • Ability to debug complex issues across client and server layers. 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: careers.microsoft.com 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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Understand User Requirements – Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to clarify requirements and incorporate continuous feedback loops.
Design and Architecture – Contribute to solution architecture, create design documents, and ensure alignment with security, privacy, and compliance requirements.
Coding and Code Quality – Implement maintainable, extensible code and participate in reviews that uphold Microsoft engineering standards.
Testing and Automation – Develop and refine test plans, integrate automation, and ensure robust test coverage for backend services.
Engineering Excellence – Integrate telemetry, improve tools and processes, and maintain compliance with reliability, accessibility, and regulatory expectations.
Champion customer-first design leads to increased loyalty to Copilot, Search and our Partners across various organizations.
Demonstrate partnership, accountability, clarity in communication and technical depth while delivering results.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Nice-to-haves

OR equivalent experience.
Hands-on software design and coding experience.
Problem-solving design, implementation, and communication skills.
Experience in AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
Experience in big data systems such as Spark/PySpark or Stream Processing Systems.
Experience with cloud services.
Ability to debug complex issues across client and server layers.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

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