The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Frameworks team at Microsoft develops AI software that enables running AI models everywhere, from the world’s fastest AI supercomputers, to servers, desktops, mobile phones, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and internet browsers.  We collaborate with our hardware teams and hardware partners to build the software stacks for novel AI accelerators like the Maia 100.  We work closely with Machine Learning (ML) researchers and developers to optimize and scale out model training and inference. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team!

The team operates at the intersection of AI algorithmic innovation, purpose-built AI hardware, systems, and software. We are a cross-discipline team of highly capable and motivated people with a collaborative and inclusive culture.  We collaborate with and contribute to the open-source community.

As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will have the opportunity to work on the fundamental abstractions, programming model, runtimes, libraries, and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to enable large scale training and inferencing of models on novel AI hardware.

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer who has a demonstrated history of solving hard technical problems and is motivated to tackle the hardest problems in building a full end-to-end AI stack.  An entrepreneurial approach and ability to take initiative and move fast are essential.

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Apply engineering principles for defining robust and maintainable architectures and designs.

• Collaborate broadly across multiple disciplines from hardware designers to ML developers.

• Help establish and drive the adoption of good coding standards and patterns.

• Perform software development in C/C++ and potentially Python and other languages.

• Identify requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, schedule deliverables.

• Other: Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java or Python

• OR equivalent work experience.

• 2+ years' experience developing specifically with C/C+ Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years’ experience with Python

• Deep technical background and solid foundation in software engineering principles and architecture design

• Experience using or developing hardware simulators

• Intellectual curiosity and passion about learning new technologies

• Exposure to Deep Neural Network training and inference - experience in one or more deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, Tensorflow, ONNX, etc.)

• Cross-team collaboration experience in a team of researchers and developers

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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

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