Microsoft
United States, Washington, Redmond
Microsoft Azure AI Inference platform is the next generation cloud business positioned to address the growing AI market. We are on the verge of an AI revolution and have a tremendous opportunity to empower our partners and customers to harness the full power of AI responsibly. We offer a fully managed AI Inference platform to accelerate the research, development, and operations of AI powered intelligent solutions at scale. This team owns the hosting, optimization, and scaling the inference stack for all the Azure AI Foundary models including the latest and greatest from OpenAI, Grok, DeepSeek, and other OSS models.
Do you want to join a team entrusted with serving all internal and external ML workloads, solve real world inference problems for state-of-the-art large language (LLM) and multi-modal Gen AI models from OpenAI and other model providers? We are already serving billions of inferences per day on the most cutting-edge AI scenarios across the industry. You will be joining the AI Core Inferencing team, influencing the overall product, driving new features and platform capabilities from preview to General Availability, and many exciting problems on the intersection of AI and Cloud.
We’re looking for a passionate Sr. Software Engineer to drive the design, optimization, and scaling of our inference systems. In this role, you’ll lead engineering efforts to ensure our largest models run with efficiency in high-throughput, low-latency environments. You will get to work on and influence multiple levels of the AI Inference data plane stack.
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In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
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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 $160,200 - $261,000 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.