Microsoft

Software Engineer: Microsoft AI Development Acceleration Program, Redmond

Microsoft$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience in software development.
  • Proven experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Master's Degree or 1+ years of technical engineering experience preferred.
  • Familiarity with database systems and systems engineering.
  • Knowledge of cloud environments, machine learning, and AI is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement AI solutions for Microsoft products and services.
  • Test and review all new and modified code and data pipelines.
  • Build new API infrastructure, endpoints, and data pipelines as needed.
  • Create reporting and monitoring mechanisms for solutions.
  • Analyze market trends and gauge their impact on solutions.
  • Develop patterns, standards, and guidelines to uphold design principles.
  • Collaborate with partner teams for code integration and translate requirements into solutions.

Benefits

  • Mentorship from industry leaders and exposure to AI applied scientists and researchers.
  • Opportunity to work in interdisciplinary project teams.
  • Potential for placement in sponsoring product teams post-program.
  • Ability to patent and publish research relevant to the role.
Full Job Description
Overview

This opportunity as a Software Engineer will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential and excitement for the journey ahead.

Microsoft is dedicated to transforming Azure into a global AI supercomputer, enabling the responsible development of cutting-edge foundational AI. This includes large language models (LLMs) designed to empower people to harness the world's knowledge, revolutionize interactions with technology, and enhance user experiences.

To solidify our leadership in AI, Microsoft has launched a groundbreaking program to develop the next generation of leaders in this field. Over the course of two years, participants will work in interdisciplinary project teams to provide AI as a service to engineering teams across Microsoft and solve some of our most exciting and challenging problems. In addition, you will have mentors, exposure to leaders, and access to numerous AI applied scientists, researchers, and engineers across the company. After completing the program, participants have the opportunity to join one of the sponsoring product teams and further accelerate their careers at Microsoft.

MAIDAP Software Engineers have the opportunity to leverage and implement cutting-edge AI technology to meet product needs, advancing the state-of-the-art both internally and externally. They act as the bridge between research and development (R&D), blending techniques from both domains to drive data-driven, research-based innovation from theory into practice. This role involves close collaboration with product managers and applied scientists in MAIDAP, and partnering product and technology teams across Microsoft.

Please note that this position has a single start date in July 2026, candidates must be available to start full-time in July 2026. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate earlier start dates.

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Responsibilities
  • Participate in the design and the implementation of AI solutions for Microsoft's products and services.
  • Test and review all new and modified code and data pipelines.
  • Build out new API infrastructure, endpoints, and data pipelines, as necessary.
  • Build reporting and monitoring mechanisms into our solutions.
  • Analyze technology industry and market trends and choose their potential impact on the solutions.
  • Develop patterns, standards, and guidelines necessary to uphold our design principles and maintain integrity of the product architecture.
  • Participate in key project design reviews.
  • Collaborate with partner teams for code integration and with product managers to translate functional requirements into working solutions.
  • Patent and publish relevant IP and scientific research.


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
  • Candidates must be available to start full-time in July 2026.

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 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience
  • Experience in database systems and systems engineering.
  • Experience in designing and developing high-scale distributed systems is a plus.
  • Knowledge of cloud environments, machine learning, data visualization, and AI is a plus.
  • Energized by creating AI solutions that can positively impact the work and lives of millions of people and excited by the prospect of working on a wide variety of datasets and AI applications, across many products and engineering teams.


This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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