Senior Research Software Engineer

Microsoft Research (MSR) is a multidisciplinary global organization working to create scientific knowledge and deliver innovation that leads to positive human impact at scale. To envision and build the future we work with our scientific engineering academic and business partners to use Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to impact economics health and society.

At Microsoft our missionto empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve moreguides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progresspeople teams and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape whats next for everyone.

• Individual Contributor (IC) Development: Independently design and build software using appropriate artificial intelligence (AI) tools frameworks and practices across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a disciplined manner. Apply innovative AI agentic tooling and workflows for efficient code generation evaluation debugging and refinement. Contribute to all layers of code and infrastructure to bring scientific experiments from prototypes to reliable and scalable products ready for adoption across Microsoft.
• Coding and Design: Owns or collaborates with other engineers on the architecture of solutions with minimal technical oversight. Applies appropriate coding patterns and best practices (e.g. leveraging state-of-the-art generative artificial intelligence GenAI approaches to source code organization naming conventions). Proactively Considers diagnosability reliability testability and maintainability when reviewing code and understands when code is ready to be shared or delivered.
• Engineering Excellence: Leads by example within the team to produce extensible maintainable well-tested secure and performant code that adheres to design specifications. Take responsibility for the content of their AI-generated requirements design documents code and other assets assisting other members of the team to do the same.
• Cross-Project Collaboration: Seek connections between MSR projects design and develop better together systems architectures and implementations that align key research in support of facilitating new research as well as product transfers. Build partnerships to align engineering efforts with research priorities and Microsofts broader innovation agenda.
• Technical Leadership: Collaborate with MSR Americas engineering leadership to contribute to a cohesive engineering vision. Navigate ambiguity in a dynamic research environment using tangible intermediate milestones to realize long-term vision.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4 years technical engineering experience coding in languages including but not limited to Python Rust C# C Java JavaScript OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree and/or PhD in Computer Science or related technical field AND 7 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to Python Rust C# C Java JavaScript
  • OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to Python Rust C# C Java JavaScript
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2 years technical leadership experience defining milestones and helping an engineering team execute on their deliverables
• Demonstrated experience on an engineering team within a research or innovation setting with responsibilities spanning prototypes to production.
• Experience with Microsoft AI stack including but not limited to Azure/AI Platform and Copilot based experiences and tools.
• Experience contributing to or delivering AI powered products at scale
• Experience with early stage or first generation product development

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Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119800 - $234700 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 $160200 - $261000 per year.

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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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