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You’ll work in small, multidisciplinary crews alongside data scientists, product managers, and domain experts, owning the full lifecycle from design through to deployed solutions.\nOur work is powered by AI, applying the mindset and tooling across the entire development lifecycle to move from idea to production in days while maintaining the highest standards of security, quality, and trust.\nThis role offers the opportunity to:\nBuild reliable, production-ready systems and services that turn ideas into scalable solutions\n\nShip engineering work that directly influences business strategy and customer outcomes\n\nCollaborate with leading global organizations across industries\n\nApply the latest advancements in AI and software engineering to solve problems at scale\n\nMicrosoft’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.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, build, test, and operate production-grade software and services that are secure, reliable, and scalable.\n\nPartner with customers and internal stakeholders to clarify requirements, define success metrics, and translate business needs into technical designs.\n\nDrive engineering best practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and documentation.\n\nApply a security-first mindset and follow Microsoft security and compliance requirements throughout design and delivery.\n\nDeliver customer outcomes end-to-end: prototype quickly, iterate with feedback, and land solutions that meet quality, performance, and maintainability goals.\n\nBuild reusable components, reference implementations, and patterns that can be shared across teams and engagements.\n\nLearn and adapt in a fast-moving environment, using experimentation and data to guide decisions and continuous improvement.\n\nCollaborate effectively across disciplines (engineering, data science, product, design, security) and contribute to an inclusive, respectful team culture.\n\nLead technical workstreams by aligning stakeholders, breaking down ambiguous problems, and driving execution through to delivery.\n\nEmbody our culture and values\n\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor'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.\n\nOther Qualifications:\nSecurity Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:\nCandidates must have an active TS/SCI and be willing and eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI (with polygraph). This role will require candidates to maintain the TS/SCI (with polygraph) clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required pre-offer and post-hire for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.\nClearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.\nMicrosoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.\nCitizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with 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 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python\n OR equivalent experience.\n\nExperience partnering directly with customers or internal stakeholders to deliver solutions end-to-end. \nFamiliarity with deploying and operating AI systems in production environments\n\nUnderstanding of model evaluation, data quality, and performance monitoring\n\nExperience using cloud AI platforms (Azure ML, OpenAI, or similar)\n\nExperience designing, deploying, and operating AI or LLM-based solutions, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented approaches, model tuning, evaluation, data quality, performance monitoring, and use of cloud AI platforms\n\n#FDE\nSoftware 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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year.\nCertain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:\nhttps://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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