Currently tracking 250 active AI roles, down 24% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $65k–$331k (avg $195k).
Microsoft has 521 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles are focused on agents, representing 37% of the total, followed by application and serving infrastructure. Engineering is the most frequent function, with a significant number of openings, and the United States is the primary hiring country. Frequent tech tags include agent orchestration, model serving, and LLM observability, suggesting a focus on operationalizing AI models. Over the last 30 days, Microsoft has added 280 new AI roles, a 157% increase compared to the previous 30-day period.
Microsoft currently has 343 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Principal Software Engineer (19), Senior Software Engineer (19), Software Engineer II (8), Principal Applied Scientist (7), Principal Data Scientist (4). Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Microsoft's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (36%), application (21%), serving infrastructure (19%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Microsoft is hiring AI talent in: United States (308 roles), Canada (15 roles), Japan (8 roles), United Kingdom (7 roles).
Job postings at Microsoft most frequently mention: Computer Architecture, Python, Machine Learning, C#, C++.
In the past 30 days, Microsoft has posted 227 new AI-related roles.
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| AI Chief Technology Officer - SME&C AI Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the Small, Medium Enterprises & Channel (SME&C) segment in ANZ. This role is the senior AI technical voice, responsible for evangelizing AI and Data across the segment, engaging with C-suite leaders, driving customer adoption, and leading the development of strategic partnerships. The mandate spans AI experiences (Copilot, Azure AI), data platforms (Microsoft Fabric), and security, aiming to unlock growth and business transformation for customers. | Ship | 8 |
| Senior Data Scientist Senior Data Scientist role within Microsoft's Industry Solutions Engineering team, focusing on developing AI and cloud-based solutions for customers. The role involves data acquisition, modeling, evaluation, and customer-facing project delivery to solve complex business challenges. | Ship |
| 7 |
| Azure Apps & AI Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) This role is for an Azure Apps & AI Cloud Solution Architect (CSA) focused on Federal Government and Defence customers in highly regulated environments. The primary responsibility is to design, enable, and scale modern cloud applications and secure AI solutions on Azure, helping customers move from AI pilots to production and drive Azure consumption and innovation. | AgentShip | 7 |
| Cloud Solution Architecture, Data & AI - Melbourne Senior technical leader responsible for shaping enterprise customer modernization of data estates and unlocking production-scale AI transformation. Guides design and adoption of AI-ready data platforms for Generative AI, Copilot, and agent-based solutions, working at the intersection of data, AI, and cloud platforms to drive end-to-end transformation from foundational data architecture to production AI outcomes at scale. Acts as a thought partner and strategic advisor, influencing customer roadmaps, platform decisions, and Microsoft solution plays. | ShipAgent | 7 |
| Digital Solution Area Specialist - Copilot & AI Workforce (Early in Profession) This role is for an early-career professional focused on selling and driving adoption of Microsoft Copilot and AI workforce solutions to organizations. It involves understanding customer needs, positioning AI solutions, and supporting customers throughout their AI transformation journey to achieve business outcomes. | — | 5 |
| AI Workforce CSA Manager Manager for Cloud Solution Architects focused on customer success with Microsoft Copilot and Agents, driving ROI, usage, and expansion. Requires leadership in technical and consultative capabilities, strategic relationships, and billable delivery business. | — | 5 |
| Copilot & AI Workforce Specialist This role is for a specialist seller focused on driving AI Workforce transformation within enterprise clients, leveraging Microsoft's AI solutions like M365 Copilot. The specialist will lead consultative sales conversations, develop strategies, and collaborate with internal teams and partners to cross-sell and up-sell AI solutions, ultimately helping organizations achieve business outcomes through AI-powered productivity. | — | 5 |
| Account Technology Strategist - Education This role focuses on empowering customers in the education sector to adopt and leverage AI technologies to achieve their business objectives. The Account Technology Strategist will partner with senior decision-makers to design and drive technology initiatives, focusing on AI solutions for personalized learning, administrative tasks, and teaching tools. The role involves understanding customer needs, articulating AI and Security strategies, and driving Microsoft's business growth through technology adoption and partner co-sell motions. | — | 5 |
| Technology Consultant This role focuses on implementing AI-powered business solutions, including Copilot and agentic systems, by translating customer business goals into technical capabilities. It involves pre-sales support, solution design, project planning, risk mitigation, and relationship management with customers and partners. The role requires deep product knowledge in Business Applications, Modern Work, and AI leveraging Copilot and Agentic solutions, with extensive implementation experience. | Agent | 5 |
| Copilot & Agents Cloud Solution Architect This role is a Cloud Solution Architect focused on Microsoft 365 Copilot and customer adoption of AI/Agentic technologies within the ANZ region. The primary focus is on enabling customers to achieve ROI and drive usage across the customer lifecycle, acting as a trusted advisor and technical leader. | — | 5 |
| Copilot & AI Workforce Specialist - Sydney/Melbourne Sales specialist role focused on driving adoption and revenue for Microsoft's AI Workforce solutions, primarily M365 Copilot, within Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C). The role involves consultative selling, value engineering, and partnering with account teams to achieve business outcomes and scale AI-powered productivity. | — | 5 |
| Principal Technical Program Manager - ISE Principal Technical Program Manager for Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team at Microsoft, focusing on driving high-impact engineering projects with customers to transform their missions using AI and other cloud-based solutions. This role involves defining customer scenarios, orchestrating engineering approaches, and developing end-to-end user stories, acting in a Product Owner capacity within a cross-functional team. | Ship | 5 |
| Principal Security Specialist - SME&C This role is for a Principal Security Specialist focused on Microsoft's security portfolio (Entra, Defender, Purview, Sentinel, Agent365) and broader industry technologies. The role involves setting and driving security strategy for complex customers, acting as a CISO/CIO advisor, and aligning solutions to priorities like Agentic SOC and Secure AI. It requires strong sales and technical leadership, competitive execution, field multiplication through coaching, and partner ecosystem scaling. While the role leverages AI tools like Copilot and addresses 'Secure AI' as a customer priority, its core function is cybersecurity sales and strategy, not direct AI/ML model development or deployment. | — | 5 |
| Data Platform Solution Presales Engineer This role is a presales engineer focused on Microsoft's data platform solutions, including databases and analytics, for mid-market customers. The role involves driving technical sales, leading hands-on engagements like Proof of Concepts and hackathons, and collaborating with engineering teams to accelerate the adoption of cloud data platforms. While the role operates in the 'era of AI' and leverages AI-powered tools and customer success strategies, its core function is in data platform solutions rather than direct AI/ML model development or research. | — | 5 |
| Enterprise Sales Leader - Azure Enterprise Sales Leader for Azure Cloud & AI Platform, responsible for leading and mentoring sales teams to drive strategic cloud and AI initiatives with government, education, and healthcare customers. The role requires strong sales leadership, business acumen, and technical depth across Azure infrastructure, data, AI, and app innovation, focusing on shaping territory strategy, identifying growth opportunities, and aligning sales execution to customer priorities. | — | 5 |
| Principal Software Engineer - ISE Principal Software Engineer on the Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team, focused on co-engineering AI-powered, cloud-based solutions with customers using Microsoft's Hypervelocity Engineering (HVE) methodology. This role involves deep technical leadership, customer engagement, and contributing to reusable solution patterns. | Ship | 5 |
| Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI Data This role is a Cloud Solution Architect specializing in Data, focusing on helping enterprise customers leverage Microsoft's data platform (Azure Data Services, Microsoft Fabric) and AI-powered analytics. The role involves gathering customer insights, mapping architecture, proposing solutions, and driving adoption and business outcomes through technical leadership and customer engagement. | — | 5 |
| Cloud & AI Platform Solution Engineer This role is a pre-sales, technical sales position focused on helping enterprise customers design and implement modern data platforms and AI-driven solutions on Azure. The engineer will translate Microsoft's Data + AI platform into business outcomes and guide customers towards secure, scalable, production-ready architectures, driving technical sales and solution design through demos, PoCs, and workshops. | Ship | 5 |
| Cloud Solution Architect - Apps & AI Cloud Solution Architect for Financial Services, Superannuation, and Insurance (FSI) team, focusing on architecting modern, secure, and intelligent applications on Azure. The role involves guiding customers through cloud-native development, DevOps, and responsible AI integration, ensuring architectures meet stringent regulatory, security, and compliance requirements. The architect acts as a trusted technical advisor, influencing decisions and collaborating to deliver AI-enabled solutions for FSI workloads. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior AI Business Solutions - Workforce Specialist This role focuses on driving strategic engagements for AI transformation in enterprise and public sectors, specifically integrating Microsoft 365 Copilot, AI Agents, and intelligent process automation to reimagine work and business processes. The specialist will guide customers from experimentation to enterprise-scale adoption, emphasizing governance, security, and regulatory alignment. While not requiring deep AI expertise from day one, the role involves understanding emerging technologies and translating them into business value and transformation narratives, with a focus on solution sales and orchestrating complex deals. | — | 5 |
| Account Technology Strategist - Brisbane This role is a technology strategist focused on helping enterprise customers adopt and leverage AI technologies to achieve their business objectives. The strategist will partner with sales executives and internal teams to understand customer needs, articulate AI and security strategies, and drive Microsoft's business growth through AI solutions. The role requires a strong understanding of customer business, technology platforms, and industry trends to build aligned AI strategies. | — | 5 |
| Principle Technical Program Manager Principal Technical Program Manager for Industry Solutions Engineering team at Microsoft, focusing on customer engagements to develop AI-powered, cloud-based solutions. The role involves leading complex engineering programs, orchestrating solutions, and driving adoption of AI and cloud services, utilizing AI tools across the software development lifecycle. | Ship | 5 |
| Senior Technical Program Manager Senior Technical Program Manager to drive high-impact engineering projects with customers and partners, transforming their missions using AI and other cloud-based solutions. This role involves defining customer scenarios, orchestrating engineering approaches, and developing user stories, working within a cross-functional team. | — | 5 |
| Cloud and AI Solution Architect - FSI This role focuses on architecting and guiding the adoption of Azure application platforms and AI-enabled solutions for financial services customers. The primary goal is to help these institutions modernize their applications, improve developer productivity, and achieve business outcomes through cloud-native and AI-driven experiences, while adhering to strict regulatory and security requirements. | — | 5 |
| Government Affairs Manager This role focuses on government affairs and shaping technology policy outcomes, particularly concerning AI, cybersecurity, and digital regulations in Australia and New Zealand. It involves developing strategies, building relationships with stakeholders, and providing policy advice. | — | 0 |
| Digital Solution Area Specialists This role focuses on driving Azure adoption and consumption for small businesses by acting as a trusted technical advisor, leading technical engagements, and designing scalable cloud solutions. The specialist will guide customers through their digital transformation journey, identify new project opportunities, and collaborate with internal teams and partners to accelerate engagements and drive solution-based outcomes. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Inventory & Asset Technician Manager (DIAM) Lead a team of Inventory & Asset Management technicians responsible for inbound/outbound logistics, inventory audits, and data center regulatory compliance. Manage warranty processes and data bearing device destruction. Focus on operational efficiency and team leadership within Microsoft's global data center infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician (DCT) Manager Manager for Data Center Technicians responsible for hardware deployment, diagnostics, and decommissioning. Focuses on team performance, KPI monitoring, SLA adherence, training, and safety compliance within Microsoft's global data center infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II - Organic Growth Software Engineer II role focused on growing user base for Office products through SEO-driven content experiences, building and maintaining a Next.js application with Contentful CMS integration, and utilizing DevOps practices. The role involves full-stack development, infrastructure support, and on-call duties. While the role mentions staying current with AI tools and using Github Copilot, its core function is not AI/ML development but rather content delivery and platform engineering. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Operations Manager This role manages critical environment operations for Microsoft's global datacenters, ensuring the availability, efficiency, and compliance of the core infrastructure that powers Microsoft's cloud services. It involves leading a team of technical professionals, overseeing the maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment, and driving safety and sustainability initiatives. | — | 0 |
| Support Escalation Manager This role is a Senior Support Escalation Manager within Microsoft's Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization. The primary focus is on managing escalated customer and partner issues, acting as an internal expert, and driving resolution through collaboration with internal and external teams. The role also involves leading strategic projects, providing mentorship, improving processes, and managing vendor relationships. While the organization leverages AI technology, this specific role is centered on customer support and issue resolution, not direct AI/ML development or research. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician This role involves staging, setting up, troubleshooting, and decommissioning hardware in Microsoft's data centers. The technician will follow standard operating procedures, perform quality checks, and communicate incidents. The position is focused on the physical infrastructure supporting cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician This role involves staging, setting up, troubleshooting, and decommissioning hardware in a data center. It focuses on standard operating procedures, hardware maintenance, and supporting Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Inventory & Asset Technician Manager (DIAM) Lead a team of technicians responsible for data center inventory and asset management, including logistics, audits, regulatory compliance, warranty processes, and data bearing device destruction. The role involves modeling leadership, driving efficiency, managing escalations, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations within Microsoft's global data center infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Account Executive Account Executive responsible for serving as a trusted advisor to strategic customers, helping them achieve their business goals through digital transformation and Microsoft technology solutions. The individual builds and strengthens executive-level customer relationships, develops long-term account strategies, and leads cross-functional teams to deliver business outcomes and drive revenue growth. | — | 0 |
| Cloud & AI Specialist - Sydney This role is a Cloud & AI Platforms Digital Sales Solution Specialist responsible for guiding organizations through their digital transformation by driving adoption of Microsoft's cloud infrastructure, data services, and AI solutions. The specialist will focus on modernizing infrastructure, improving analytics, and building intelligent applications, ensuring security and compliance. Key responsibilities include leading opportunity qualification, pipeline growth, collaborating with internal teams and partners, conducting customer workshops, delivering solution demonstrations, and accelerating cloud and AI adoption. The role emphasizes sales excellence, scaling, collaboration, industry awareness, and sales execution to achieve customer outcomes and drive business growth. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Technician Logistics Technician role focused on inventory management, delivery coordination, and asset management within Microsoft's data centers. This role involves cycle audits, handling incoming/outgoing deliveries, managing warranty claims, and ensuring accurate physical inventory tracking. It requires adherence to security and data management policies, and potentially involves destruction of data-bearing devices. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Technician Logistics Technician role focused on inventory management, delivery coordination, and asset management within Microsoft's data centers. Responsibilities include cycle audits, managing incoming/outgoing deliveries, coordinating vendor escorts, documenting shipments, processing warranty claims, and ensuring accurate inventory tracking. The role requires adherence to security and data management policies, and involves the destruction of data-bearing devices. | — | 0 |
| Cloud Security Engineer Microsoft is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer in Australia to implement and operate cybersecurity controls for their cloud infrastructure, focusing on defending datacenters and critical infrastructure from threat actors. The role involves working with security platforms, cloud services, Azure environments, and SIEM tools, as well as conducting incident investigations and developing automation workflows. The position requires experience in cloud security engineering, SIEM, threat detection, and incident response, with a preference for Azure expertise and Infrastructure as Code or scripting skills. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Technician This role is for a Senior Critical Environment Technician responsible for maintaining the critical infrastructure of Microsoft's datacenters, which support cloud services like Azure, Office 365, and Xbox. The technician will focus on electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems, performing maintenance, responding to incidents, and ensuring operational performance and safety. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II Software Engineer II role focused on automating the onboarding and management of new hardware for Microsoft's datacenters, supporting Azure, HPC, Office, and Edge Computing products. The role involves understanding requirements, designing, and implementing features to validate, manage, and track hardware throughout its lifecycle, ensuring quality and security. It operates at the intersection of software and hardware, aiming to accelerate the adoption of new technologies. | — | 0 |
| Senior Sales Director, Account Team SME&C Senior Sales Director for Microsoft's Small Medium Enterprises and Channel (SME&C) division, focusing on leading a global, AI-powered sales team. The role involves managing managers, driving digital transformations for corporate accounts, talent acquisition, and fostering customer success through AI and partner ecosystems. The position requires a strong understanding of Microsoft's Cloud & AI platforms and AI business solutions to guide sales teams in customer engagements and drive revenue. | — | 0 |
| Security Sales Director, SME&C Sales Director for Security business in the SME&C segment, focusing on driving growth, leading a team of managers, and shaping go-to-market strategy for AI-enabled security solutions. The role involves engaging C-suite stakeholders, defining territory strategy, and leveraging data and partnerships to deliver results. | — | 0 |
| Field Product Marketing-Security This role is a Field Product Marketing-Security position focused on accelerating security revenue growth and boosting field agility within corporate accounts in the GCR and ANZ regions. The role involves acting as a primary product and technical advocate, developing and executing business strategy, leading go-to-market plans, and driving alignment between corporate and field teams. It requires extensive marketing strategy, business planning, sales enablement, and partner experience, with a strong emphasis on security products and the corporate accounts customer segment in Asia. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II _ Azure Fleet Resource Lifecycle Management Software Engineer II role focused on building and operating foundational infrastructure for Microsoft Azure, managing data center hardware, power, and network capacity to provide globally available cloud resources. The role emphasizes reliability, scalability, and operability, with responsibilities including owning software components, using telemetry for improvements, leading incident retrospectives, conducting code reviews, designing secure and scalable solutions, driving automation, and participating in on-call rotations. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Inventory & Asset Technician Manager (DIAM) Lead a team of technicians responsible for data center inventory and asset management, including logistics, audits, regulatory compliance, warranty processes, and data bearing device destruction. The role involves modeling leadership, driving efficiency, managing escalations, and ensuring smooth day-to-day operations within Microsoft's global data center infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineering Manager Seeking a Principal Software Engineering Manager for the Microsoft Azure Storage team to lead engineers in improving service quality, chaos engineering, resiliency, and validation infrastructure. The role involves leading the disciplined use of AI tools across the SDLC and integrating Responsible AI practices. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer Principal Software Engineer role within Microsoft's Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team, focusing on designing and delivering cloud-based solutions for strategic customers. This role involves collaborative development, contributing to open-source projects, and working with various technologies to solve complex business problems. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer role focused on designing and delivering cloud-based solutions for customers, collaborating with cross-functional teams and contributing to open-source projects. The role involves developing solution patterns and software assets to address customer challenges. | — | 0 |
| Senior Azure Cloud Customer Experience Engineer - Japanese Speaking Senior Azure Cloud Customer Experience Engineer responsible for customer support and issue resolution on Azure, acting as a liaison between customers and the Azure engineering team. Requires technical expertise, problem-solving skills, and customer advocacy to enhance the Azure support experience. | — | 0 |