Microsoft Looking for Software Engineering: Full Time Opportunities- Microsoft AI Development Acceleration Program at Cambridge, MA Full Time

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University graduates from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.  

Microsoft is committed to building Azure into an AI supercomputer for the world and to enable the use of this infrastructure to responsibly develop breakthrough foundational AI, including large language models (LLMs) that can empower people to better harness the world’s knowledge, revolutionize the way we interact with technology and improve user experience. To foster Microsoft’s leadership in this field, Microsoft has launched a ground-breaking program to develop the next generation of leaders in AI. Located at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center (NERD) and our Atlanta office, the Microsoft AI Development Acceleration Program (MAIDAP) is hiring applicants currently pursing a degree and graduates from programs in Machine Learning or Data Science related fields. 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 AI problems. In addition, you will have mentors, exposure to leaders, and access to numerous AI data scientists, researchers and engineers across the company. After the program is completed, each participant will have the opportunity to work with one of the sponsoring Microsoft teams in Cambridge, MA, Atlanta, GA or other Microsoft locations. 

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.

Must be available to begin full time employment starting July 2024.

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Lead 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 and endpoints, 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. 
• Up to 10% travel may be required. 

Qualifications

Required/Minimum 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
• Must be available to begin full time employment starting July 2024.

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in database systems and systems engineering. 
• Experience in designing and developing high-scale distributed systems is a plus. 
• Knowledge of cloud environments is a plus. 
• Knowledge of machine learning, data visualization, and AI is a plus. 
• Proficient written and oral communication skills. 
• You are energized by creating AI solutions that can positively impact the work and lives of millions of people. 
• You are excited by the prospect of working on a wide variety of datasets and AI applications, across many products and engineering teams. 
• You believe that data science is a team sport. 
• You love being an active member of a diverse and inclusive team. 

Software Engineering IC2 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $76,400 – $151,800 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 $100,300 – $165,400 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

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.