Software Engineering CTJ Poly

Join the Azure AI Platform air gapped engineering team as a Software Engineer delivering secure scalable and mission critical AI infrastructure for Microsofts most sensitive cloud environments. We build foundational services that power Azure Machine Learning Azure AI Services Azure OpenAI and Microsoft Foundry capabilities across air gapped sovereign and commercial clouds.

Our team aligns with the Foundry Product Way which emphasizes first principles thinking customer first innovation and rapid learning cycles. We design systems that are not only scalable and reliable but adaptive to a rapidly evolving AI landscape requiring engineers who thrive in complex high impact spaces and who build using modern AI accelerated workflows. This environment is built for engineers who want to contribute to the foundation for every AI application on the planet.

Microsofts 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.

Design build and maintain secure reliable and scalable cloud services supporting Azure AI Platform workloads across air gapped and sovereign cloud environments.

Apply strong engineering fundamentalsautomation observability testing resiliency and secure by default designthroughout the development lifecycle.
Develop and improve automated systems for deployment validation telemetry and operations to reduce manual overhead and increase engineering velocity.
Use AI assisted development and operational tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot safe Large Language Mode (LLM) workflows) to accelerate coding debugging documentation and rapid prototyping as part of becoming a full stack AI native builder.
Participate in on call rotations investigate service issues perform root cause analysis and contribute durable fixes to improve long term system health.
Incorporate customer and partner feedback into engineering decisions following the Foundry Product Ways focus on customer first innovation and rapid learning loops.
Collaborate across engineering teams using clear communication and canonical documentation to maintain alignment and support a culture of craftsmanship curiosity and continuous improvement.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors 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.

Other Requirements:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft customer and/or government security screening requirementsare requiredpre-offer and post-hirefor this role. Failure tomaintainor obtain theappropriate clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification : This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check : This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically this position supports United States federal state and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement citizenship will be verified via a valid passport or other approved documents or verified US government Clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Background in cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
• Proficiency in C# or Python.
• Understanding of CI/CD and automation best practices.
• Problemsolving and debugging skills across cloud services platform components and operational tooling.
• Demonstrated ability and willingness to learn rapidly in a fastevolving AI and infrastructure environment including staying current with new architectures tooling and best practices.

Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85400 - $168100 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 $111100 - $183700 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
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.

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