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 295 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Senior Software Engineer (18), Principal Software Engineer (15), Software Engineer II (6), Senior Data Scientist (5), Senior Product Manager (5). Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Microsoft's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (41%), application (23%), serving infrastructure (17%). 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 (252 roles), Canada (15 roles), Japan (10 roles), United Kingdom (8 roles).
Job postings at Microsoft most frequently mention: Computer Architecture, Python, C#, C++, Machine Learning.
In the past 30 days, Microsoft has posted 235 new AI-related roles. That is a -21% change versus the prior 30 days (299 → 235).
Currently tracking 205 active AI roles, down 11% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $65k–$331k (avg $195k).
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| Sub-Regional Planning Leader This role is a Sub-Regional Planning Leader for Microsoft Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I). The primary focus is on managing project budgets, change management, coordination, driving results, financial acumen, goal alignment, resource management, project management, project tracking, risk mitigation, safety and regulation adherence, technical acumen in reviewing engineering documentation, and vendor management/selection for data center construction projects. The role requires a Bachelor's Degree in Construction Project Management, Architecture, Engineering, or related field with 12+ years of experience, or equivalent experience, and the ability to pass security screenings. | — | 0 |
| Business Support ATR-D Provides strategic calendar management and time planning support for manager(s). Aligns calendar based on knowledge of manager's preferences and operating styles. Continues to build and leverage network across organizations to enable their team and leader's work. Facilitates team experience activities. Collaborates with Global Talent Acquisition (GTA) to facilitate internal and external recruitment efforts, and partners with hiring managers to ensure a smooth process. Owns the coordination, logistics, and direction for events. Leads by example and serves as a role model to Business Support colleagues by maintaining a positive attitude, demonstrating executive presence, influencing others, and encouraging self reflection during challenging situations. Balances multiple projects end to end with varying deadlines, while maintaining executional and operational excellence within the business and across business groups as applicable. Participates in discretionary budget tracking and reporting. Understands and helps to implement rhythm of business (ROB) in line with recognized patterns, and proactively takes action on business cadence. Maintains and manages up-to-date space-management processes and team spaces. Manages travel arrangements for manager(s) and/or group. |
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| 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 contribute to team tasks. The role supports Microsoft's cloud infrastructure for services like Azure, Office 365, and Xbox. | — | 0 |
| Digital Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud & AI This role is for a Digital Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, focusing on AI-powered sales for Small Medium Enterprises and Channel partners. The architect will lead customer engagements, drive Azure consumption, architect solutions, and collaborate with internal teams to ensure successful cloud deployments. The role emphasizes customer success, technical sales leadership, and driving business outcomes through Microsoft's cloud and AI services. | — | 0 |
| Director, Lifecycle Products This role is for a Director, Lifecycle Products within the People Operations team at Microsoft. The primary focus is on transforming employee lifecycle experiences by designing and delivering end-to-end operational services. While the role mentions leveraging AI to enhance experiences and increase agility, the core responsibilities revolve around program management, process improvement, portfolio intake, and stakeholder management within HR and business operations. The role does not involve shipping AI models or directly building AI systems. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician This role involves staging, setting up, troubleshooting, and decommissioning hardware in a data center environment. It focuses on standard operating procedures, hardware maintenance, and supporting IT infrastructure for Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II Software Engineer II role focused on Microsoft's identity platform, powering secure and reliable user experiences. The role involves designing and building scalable notification capabilities, ensuring service reliability, and collaborating across teams. It emphasizes innovation in areas like AI-driven signal processing and intelligent notification capabilities, with a requirement to use AI-based tools. | — | 0 |
| Manager of Customer Success Account Managers Manager of Customer Success Account Managers leading a team to help Microsoft customers achieve their business goals by leveraging Microsoft's delivery forces and solutions. Focuses on building relationships, expanding engagements, and developing roadmaps to maximize customer investment value. | — | 0 |
| Metro Contract Lead This role is for a Metro/Contract Lead within Microsoft's Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO&I) organization, specifically in the Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) group. The position focuses on managing and executing contracts related to datacenter construction projects in the US Central Region. Responsibilities include overseeing contract execution, collaborating with legal and procurement teams, managing risks, coordinating with suppliers and contractors, handling budget and change order management, ensuring compliance, and maintaining project documentation. The role requires a Master's Degree in a related field and 4+ years of experience. | — | 0 |
| Principal Engineer Principal Engineer role focused on extending Azure's native capabilities to the customer edge, delivering comprehensive edge solutions, operating systems, and engineering systems. The role involves architecting solutions ground-up, taking features from ideation to global rollout, and collaborating with platform teams to enable customers to host network infrastructure and operations on Azure. It emphasizes building and operating reliable, distributed systems software with experience in microservices, Kubernetes, and Azure. | — | 0 |
| Executive Business Administrator Executive Business Administrator to support the VP of Delivery & Programs Operations, managing calendars, travel, business rhythms, events, expenses, and team infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Senior Finance Manager - Strategic Partnership Enablement This role is a Senior Finance Manager focused on enabling and optimizing financial accounting and operations for large-scale AI partnerships within Microsoft. It involves managing financial compliance, record-keeping, process execution, providing business insights, and ensuring deals are compliant with policies, GAAP, and SOX. The role also involves identifying and managing business risk and driving improvements through automation and understanding of advanced technology. | — | 0 |
| Global Crisis Incident Manager (GCIM) This role is for a Global Crisis Incident Manager within Microsoft's Customer Experience and Success organization. The primary focus is on managing high severity and crisis incidents, leading post-incident reviews, and coordinating with various global teams to ensure timely resolution and continuous improvement of incident management processes. While the role operates within an organization that leverages AI technology, the core responsibilities do not involve building or directly working with AI/ML models. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Technician This role is for a Logistics Technician in a Microsoft Data Center, responsible for inventory management, deliveries, warranty claims, and equipment returns. It involves cycle audits, documentation, and data bearing device destruction, with a focus on operational efficiency and adherence to SLAs and company policies. | — | 0 |
| Senior Product Manager Product Manager for Azure Usage Billing team, responsible for building the next-generation data platform for ingesting, aggregating, and processing high-volume usage data from Microsoft services for customer billing. This role focuses on a mission-critical, scalable, and compliant service within Azure Data. | — | 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 |
| Design Recruiter Microsoft is hiring a Design Recruiter to support its Design organization. The role involves shaping the future of Microsoft Design by identifying, attracting, and engaging designers, systems thinkers, and creative technologists. It sits at the intersection of design, engineering, and innovation, requiring an understanding of how the design discipline is changing with AI and emerging technologies. The recruiter will design and execute inclusive recruiting strategies, partner with design and engineering leaders, translate evolving skill needs into hiring strategies, and build candidate experiences. | — | 0 |
| Cloud Solutions Architect Strategic technical leader and trusted advisor to enterprise customers, driving digital transformation through Microsoft solutions. Combines industry knowledge, business acumen, and technical expertise to shape customer strategy, create opportunities, and orchestrate cross-functional teams. | — | 0 |
| Principal Product Manager Lead Lead a team of Product Managers to define and execute the product vision and strategy for Microsoft's Sales Planning & Commercial Incentives (SPCI) team, focusing on building a composable, intelligent platform that supports the end-to-end planning-to-payout lifecycle for sellers. The role involves team leadership, customer understanding, and cross-functional influence to drive business transformation with AI. | — | 0 |
| Sales Manager - Financial Services Sales Manager for Financial Services at Microsoft, focusing on driving revenue growth, customer adoption, and market leadership by leveraging industry expertise and Microsoft solutions, including Digital & AI transformation. The role involves leading teams, building executive networks, and fostering strategic partnerships to achieve business outcomes. | — | 0 |
| Sr Product Manager Senior Product Manager for Office 365 core platform security initiatives, focusing on defining vision, driving adoption, and improving platform security, scale, availability, and performance. Will work with Entra ID and other teams to guide partners and customers on platform usage. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Program Manager This role is for a Data Center Program Manager at Microsoft, focusing on adhering to compliance, contractual agreements, and budget requirements within Data Center operations. The role involves engaging with teams to execute tasks, managing projects, troubleshooting incidents, monitoring KPIs and OKRs, and ensuring security and safety protocols are followed. It also includes managing costs, budgets, vendor relationships, and driving improvements in service delivery and operational efficiency. | — | 0 |
| Validation Tools Engineer The Validation Tools Engineer will design and build the test automation framework for custom silicon platforms, focusing on developing scalable automation, tooling, and data infrastructure using Python, SQL, and TypeScript to accelerate post-silicon bring-up and validation. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Operations Manager This role is for a Data Center Project Manager responsible for troubleshooting service incidents, managing projects, and ensuring safety and security policies are followed within Microsoft's global data center infrastructure. The role involves collaboration across teams, root cause analysis, and contributing to the delivery of core infrastructure for Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Senior Finance Manager - Core FP&A This role is for a Senior Finance Manager in Core FP&A at Microsoft, focusing on providing key financial insights and strategic partnership across the company. The role involves financial modeling, reporting, and supporting leadership decisions, with opportunities to develop CFO-level skills. | — | 0 |
| Principal Corporate Counsel, Privacy, Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs This role is for a Principal Corporate Counsel focused on privacy, advocacy, and regulatory affairs. The responsibilities include engaging with data protection authorities, supporting customer inquiries, collaborating with internal teams on privacy descriptions and guidance, building stakeholder relationships, and facilitating compliance with privacy laws and the Microsoft Privacy Standard. The role also involves driving innovation using AI and other technologies where appropriate, and fostering a growth mindset. Qualifications include a JD degree, active law license, and experience in privacy and data protection, with preferred experience in related digital regulatory domains and an interest in technology like AI. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Program Manager This role is for a Data Center Program Manager at Microsoft, focusing on managing projects, troubleshooting service incidents, and ensuring adherence to safety and security policies within Microsoft's global data center infrastructure. The role involves collaboration across teams, mentorship, and maintaining cost efficiency. | — | 0 |
| Datacenter Security Operations Manager This role manages physical security operations for Microsoft datacenters, focusing on protecting personnel, infrastructure, and data. It involves implementing security policies, analyzing threats, managing incidents, and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure secure and continuous operations. The role requires experience in security program management and risk analysis, with an emphasis on continuous improvement and automation. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Technician This role involves maintaining critical datacenter infrastructure, including monitoring, inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting, and ensuring safety and security compliance. The technician will also participate in developing operating procedures and coordinating with third-party vendors. | — | 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 |
| Community Affairs Manager Microsoft is seeking a Community Affairs Manager in Jakarta to manage relationships with local stakeholders, develop community engagement and investment strategies, and coordinate social and environmental programs for their datacenters. The role involves communication, research, and implementing community strategy plans. | — | 0 |
| Circular Center Inventory & Asset Technician This role is responsible for managing inventory and assets within a circular center, including performing cycle audits, handling deliveries, coordinating with vendors, documenting shipments, initiating warranty claims, and processing returns. It also involves the destruction of data-bearing devices according to strict policies and SLAs. The role contributes to Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) by supporting the core infrastructure for Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 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 Logistics Technician This role is for a Data Center Logistics Technician responsible for inventory management, delivery coordination, and asset tracking within Microsoft's data centers. The position involves performing cycle audits, managing incoming/outgoing deliveries, coordinating vendor access, and documenting all movements. It also includes processing warranty claims, managing failed hardware, and ensuring the secure destruction of data-bearing devices. The role requires maintaining accurate inventory records in various systems and reconciling discrepancies. While not directly AI-related, it supports the infrastructure powering AI services. | — | 0 |
| Datacenter Technician Manager Lead a team of technicians in a data center environment, overseeing hardware deployment, diagnostics, and decommissioning. Focus on technician performance, KPI monitoring, SLA adherence, and team culture. Ensure compliance with policies and safety procedures. | — | 0 |
| Project Manager Project Manager role within Microsoft Industry Solutions focused on managing the delivery lifecycle of customer engagements, particularly those involving digital and AI transformation. The role supports Area Project Managers by overseeing project financials, risk management, process adherence, and operational aspects to ensure successful and agile execution of customer-facing solutions powered by Microsoft Cloud and AI. | — | 0 |
| Land Acquisition Manager This role is for a Land Acquisition Manager at Microsoft, responsible for securing land for data center expansion across EMEA. It involves identifying, validating, negotiating, and closing land transactions, managing cross-functional stakeholders, and developing regional market strategies. The role requires extensive experience in real estate acquisitions and assessing powered land, with a focus on complex transactions and stakeholder management. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineering Software Development Engineer II for the Azure HorizonDB team, building a next-generation, cloud-native database platform for high performance, strong consistency, and scalability, designed for AI-driven workloads. Responsibilities include working on core components like storage engines, transaction processing, and replication for planet-scale databases. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Account Director This role focuses on strategic account management for Microsoft's enterprise clients, developing and executing customer plans to drive adoption and consumption of Microsoft and partner services. It involves building strategic relationships, providing thought leadership, and identifying new business opportunities aligned with customer priorities and market trends. The role emphasizes understanding the customer's business model and industry to deliver tailored solutions and foster long-term partnerships. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Project Manager Project Manager for Microsoft Data Centers, responsible for managing IT equipment deployment and decommissioning, ensuring service delivery, adhering to safety policies, and collaborating with various teams. The role involves troubleshooting incidents, managing client and supplier relationships, and contributing to the overall efficiency and quality of data center operations. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer 2 Software Engineer 2 role on the Microsoft Fabric platform team, which builds and maintains the operating system for a unified data stack. The team's mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering data-first applications and driving a data culture. Responsibilities include designing and developing high-quality components in C#, integrating Azure technologies, leading architecture and design, and providing support for online services. Requires a Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field, 4+ years of experience in building scalable solutions, cloud service development, technical problem-solving, and SQL experience. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Technician Manager This role is for a Critical Environment Technician Manager at Microsoft, responsible for overseeing the operations, maintenance, and safety of datacenter critical environments, including electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems. The manager will lead a team of technicians, ensure adherence to safety and operational procedures, manage incident response, and coordinate with third-party vendors. The role focuses on maintaining the infrastructure that powers Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer on the Azure Specialized team in India, responsible for designing, delivering, and operating cloud-scale systems for specialized workloads like VMWare, SAP, Oracle, Epic Healthcare systems, and AI Infrastructure. Focuses on building and offering specialized capabilities on Azure, involving large-scale solutions, quality, and sustainability. Requires strong coding skills in languages like C++, C#, Java, Python, and experience with distributed systems, control/data plane components, networking, and operating systems. Involves supporting live services and on-call rotations. | — | 0 |
| Senior Site Reliability Engineer Senior Site Reliability Engineer for Azure Data engineering team, focusing on building and maintaining Microsoft's operational Database systems, including Azure DocumentDB. The role involves ensuring service stability, performance, and manageability through software improvements, telemetry, alerting, and automation. | — | 0 |
| Account Executive Account Executive role at Microsoft focused on partnering with strategic enterprise customers to drive digital transformation, with a focus on AI, Copilot, and Security solutions. The role involves developing account plans, engaging with senior customer stakeholders, orchestrating internal Microsoft teams, identifying new business opportunities, and achieving revenue targets. | — | 0 |
| Senior Logistics Technician This role is for a Senior Logistics Technician at Microsoft, focusing on managing inbound/outbound logistics, inventory management, and data-bearing device destruction within a data center environment. It involves prioritizing tasks, providing guidance to technicians, ensuring process compliance, and managing escalations. The role emphasizes operational excellence, customer service, and safety practices. | — | 0 |
| Senior Quantum Engineer - Digital Control Systems This role is for a Senior Quantum Engineer focused on designing and implementing digital control systems for cryogenic quantum hardware. The responsibilities include FPGA design, timing-critical logic development, high-speed digital interface design, and hardware integration. While the role mentions leveraging AI tools for innovation, the core craft is quantum engineering and digital control systems, not AI/ML model development. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Account Executive This role is for a Strategic Account Executive at Microsoft, focusing on partnering with strategic enterprise customers to drive digital transformation, with a specific emphasis on AI, Copilot, and Security solutions. The role involves leading account teams, accelerating customer satisfaction, winning against competition, and cultivating senior-level relationships to achieve business outcomes and revenue growth for Microsoft. | — | 0 |
| Director Supply Chain Planning Transformation This role is for a Director of Supply Chain Planning Transformation at Microsoft, focusing on the planning, sourcing, making, and delivering of hardware infrastructure for Microsoft's Cloud and AI businesses. The role involves people management, portfolio/project management, solution definition and delivery, and thought leadership in technology and business operations, aiming to align solutions with business strategy and drive adoption of emerging technologies. While the role operates within the context of enabling AI growth, it does not involve direct AI/ML model development or research. | — | 0 |
| Global Supply Manager This role is for a Global Supply Manager responsible for the fulfillment of Microsoft's custom silicon (Maia GPU) and supporting data center and network infrastructure. The role involves creating the Supply Plan of Record for component suppliers, managing raw material supply, inventory, and supplier interactions to ensure reliable delivery of hardware for Microsoft's cloud and AI capabilities. | — | 0 |
