High Performance Computing Engineer

Overview

Microsoft AI is looking for experienced Member of Technical Staff, High Performance Computing Engineers to help build and scale the infrastructure that trains our frontier models and powers the next evolution of our personal AI, Copilot. This role offers the unique opportunity to work on some of the largest scale supercomputers in the world - a rare chance to operate at such a significant scale.

Microsoft Superintelligence Team

Microsoft Superintelligence team'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.

This role is part of Microsoft AI's Superintelligence Team. The MAIST is a?startup-like team inside Microsoft AI, created to push the boundaries of AI toward?Humanist Superintelligence-ultra-capable systems that remain controllable, safety-aligned, and anchored to human values.?Our mission is to create AI that amplifies human potential while ensuring humanity remains firmly in control. We aim to deliver breakthroughs that benefit society-advancing science, education, and global well-being.

We're also fortunate to partner with incredible product teams giving our models the chance to reach billions of users and create immense positive impact. If you're a brilliant, highly-ambitious and low ego individual, you'll fit right in-come and join us as we work on our next generation of models!??

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.?

By applying to this Mountain View, CA position, you are required to be local to the San Francisco area and in office 4 days a week.?

Responsibilities

• Design, operate, and maintain large-scale HPC environments, drawing on hands-on engineering experience in production settings.

• Own the deployment, configuration, and day-to-day operation of HPC schedulers (e.g., SLURM, Kubernetes), ensuring reliable and efficient job scheduling at scale.

• Serve as a technical owner for at least one core HPC domain (GPU compute, high-performance storage, networking, or similar), including ongoing maintenance, performance tuning, and troubleshooting of massive clusters.

• Develop and maintain automation and tooling using Bash and/or Python to improve cluster reliability, observability, and operational efficiency.

• Partner closely with researchers and engineers to support their workloads, troubleshoot cluster usage issues, and triage failed or underperforming jobs to resolution.

• Drive work forward independently by navigating ambiguity and technical roadblocks, delivering incremental improvements that get capabilities into users' hands quickly.

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven product development environment, balancing stability with rapid iteration and experimentation.

• Embody our? Culture? and? Values .?

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Do you have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with deploying or operating on-premise or cloud high-performance clusters, AND 4+ years experience working with high-scale training clusters (ex. working with frameworks/tools such as nvidia InfiniBand clusters, SLURM, Kubernetes, Ray, etc.), AND 4+ years experience building scalable services on top of public cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP,

• OR equivalent experience?

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with deploying or operating on-premise or cloud high-performance clusters, AND 6+ years experience working with high-scale training clusters (ex. working with frameworks/tools such as nvidia InfiniBand clusters, SLURM, Kubernetes, Ray, etc.), AND 6+ years experience building scalable services on top of public cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP,

• OR equivalent experience.

• Experience with LLM training clusters

• Experience working with AI platforms, frameworks, and APIs

• Experience using Machine Learning frameworks, including experience using, deploying, and scaling language learning models, either personally or professionally.

• Experience working with large-scale HPC or GPU systems (ex. NVIDIA H100/GB200 or equivalent).

• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and user experience.

• Dedication to writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code with a focus on application quality, performance, and security.

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and other engineers.

• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing requirements and deadlines.

• Proven ability to collaborate and contribute to a positive, inclusive work environment, fostering knowledge sharing and growth within the team.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

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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. (