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.
Currently tracking 224 active AI roles, down 17% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $65k–$331k (avg $195k).
Microsoft currently has 313 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Principal Software Engineer (18), Senior Software Engineer (17), Software Engineer II (6), Principal Applied Scientist (5), Principal Data Scientist (4). Most positions are in Engineering and Research.
Microsoft's active AI hiring is concentrated in: agents (39%), application (22%), serving infrastructure (18%). 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 (271 roles), Canada (15 roles), Japan (10 roles), United Kingdom (8 roles).
Job postings at Microsoft most frequently mention: Computer Architecture, Python, Machine Learning, C#, C++.
In the past 30 days, Microsoft has posted 245 new AI-related roles.
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| ASIC Verification - Team Lead Seeking an ASIC Verification Team Lead to improve verification efficiency, define strategies, and own verification of complex flows at SoC, subsystem, or IP levels for Data Processing Units (DPUs). The role involves developing verification environments, running simulations, debugging failures, and leading performance modeling and post-silicon validation efforts. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer This role is for a Senior Software Engineer on the Azure Data engineering team, focusing on building and maintaining cloud infrastructure and large-scale distributed systems for analytics workloads within Microsoft Fabric and the Cosmos Analytics big data platform. The role involves developing, testing, and maintaining features, writing code, participating in code reviews, driving best practices, providing technical leadership, participating in on-call rotations, and ensuring security, privacy, and compliance requirements are met. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Account Manager, Federal This role is for a Strategic Account Manager within Microsoft's Federal team, focusing on driving transformative engagements and innovation for the US Federal Government through cloud, AI, and security solutions. The position requires developing and executing mature customer plans, managing long-term business portfolios, and leveraging strategic relationships to shape long-term strategic direction and influence business metrics. The role involves understanding the customer's business model, articulating growth opportunities, influencing stakeholders, coordinating diverse teams, and anticipating future customer needs as a trusted partner. It also includes competitive knowledge, customer engagement strategy, and sales excellence to increase customer budget allocated to Microsoft and tailor solutions to meet KPIs. |
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| Implementation Manager - CTJ- Poly This role is for an Implementation Manager within Microsoft's Federal Implementation, Process and AI Team. The primary responsibilities include executing key billing processes for US Federal Government customers in a secure SCIF environment, managing the operational implementation of new product launches, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. The role involves working with multiple stakeholders, providing input to design, executing launch plans, and making go/no-go decisions. It also includes identifying and owning optimization opportunities. The ideal candidate should be comfortable in an AI-driven organization, possess strong organizational and communication skills, use data for performance insights, and have a customer obsession and compliance focus. A Bachelor's Degree in a related field and 4+ years of experience in program or process management are required, along with an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with SCI and Polygraph. | — | 0 |
| Senior Industrial Security Consultant - CTJ - Poly Seeking an experienced Sr Industrial Security Specialist/COMSEC Officer to join Microsoft's National Security Team in Reston, VA. The role involves managing National Industrial Security Programs in accordance with CFR 32 Part 117 and Intelligence Community guidelines, ensuring compliance with various regulations, conducting training, investigating security violations, and maintaining accreditations. Requires an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with SCI access based on an SSBI with Polygraph. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer (Measurement and Bring-up) Software engineer to build the control, measurement, and bring-up stack for Microsoft's quantum computing system. This involves implementing test, characterization, calibration, and tuning routines in software, and orchestrating instruments to deliver robust execution in the lab. The role focuses on turning bring-up needs into dependable software, connecting instrumentation to repeatable workflows, and ensuring data quality and traceability. | — | 0 |
| Sourcing and Contract Manager - Data Center This role is for a Sourcing and Contract Manager in Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) division, focusing on the infrastructure for Microsoft's cloud services. The manager will lead supplier identification, qualification, tendering, and contracting for data center operational services, equipment, and materials. Responsibilities include contract review, cost benchmarking, financial analysis, supplier relationship management, and identifying operational efficiencies. The role requires strong planning, project management, communication, and stakeholder focus skills. While not AI-specific, it operates within the broader context of cloud infrastructure that supports AI services. | — | 0 |
| Digital Solution Specialists Manager This role manages a team of Digital Solution Specialists focused on driving cloud, data & AI, and security transformation for customers. The manager is responsible for sales execution, pipeline growth, people management, and achieving Azure/Microsoft Cloud consumption and revenue targets by orchestrating partner-led and customer-centric solutions. The role involves engaging senior decision-makers, translating technical solutions into business outcomes, and ensuring team performance and development. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Technician (electrical / mechanical) - Shift This role is for a Critical Environment Technician responsible for maintaining the critical infrastructure of Microsoft's datacenters, including electrical and mechanical systems. The technician will perform maintenance, respond to incidents, and monitor equipment performance. The role requires shift work and involves hands-on understanding of critical environment equipment. | — | 0 |
| Segment Go To Market Manager - AI Business Solutions This role is a Go-To-Market Manager for AI Business Solutions within Microsoft's Sales Enablement & Operations team, focusing on the Canadian market. The primary responsibility is to drive business health and execution at scale, achieving revenue, usage, and share goals by leading the Operating Unit (OU) plan, surfacing insights, and removing blockers. The role requires a strong understanding of the AI Business Solutions product set and strategy, and experience working with sectors like financial services, public sector, manufacturing, and professional services is beneficial. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Technician This role is for a Logistics Technician in a Microsoft Data Center, responsible for inventory and asset management, including cycle audits, deliveries, vendor coordination, and documentation. It involves physical inventory tracking, data bearing device destruction, and ensuring accuracy in inventory systems. The role requires on-site presence and may involve travel between sites. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Program Manager Program Manager for Critical Environment (CE) operations in Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) division, focusing on leased datacenters. Responsibilities include ensuring CE availability, overseeing mechanical and electrical equipment maintenance, reducing incidents, delivering cost/energy efficiency, managing emergency preparedness, coordinating audits, reporting on Power/Temperature/Relative Humidity, and building relationships with partners and engineering groups. The role requires a High School Diploma or equivalent with industry experience in a datacenter or critical environment, or extensive industry experience and college coursework. Preferred qualifications include experience in Critical Environment infrastructures, a Bachelor's Degree in engineering, experience with large-scale CE projects, and experience with IT infrastructure operations. The role also involves background checks and adherence to Microsoft's values and inclusive work environment. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Technician Manager This role manages a team of technicians responsible for the operations and maintenance of critical environment systems within Microsoft's data centers. Responsibilities include people management, overseeing equipment and systems operations (electrical, mechanical, HVAC, controls), maintenance, and ensuring safety and security protocols are followed. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Account Executive Strategic Account Executive (Enterprise) to lead the relationship with a key Enterprise Commercial customer. Shape and deliver the account strategy, helping the customer realise value from their Microsoft investments and achieve their business priorities. Work closely with customer leaders across technology, digital and business functions, as well as Microsoft teams and partners, to drive outcomes that support long-term transformation. | — | 0 |
| Partner Development Manager This role focuses on managing strategic partnerships with Global System Integrators (GSIs) to drive joint go-to-market (GTM) strategies, accelerate co-sell motions, and foster partner-led growth within enterprise segments. The responsibilities include establishing C-suite relationships, developing multi-year business plans aligned with Microsoft priorities and digital transformation, building partner capabilities through enablement, and coaching partners on sales transformation and cloud adoption. The role requires a strong understanding of Microsoft solutions, industry trends, and partner channel development, with a focus on driving revenue impact and ensuring compliance. | — | 0 |
| Senior Finance Manager, Public Sector Customer Success This role is for a Senior Finance Manager within Microsoft's Public Sector Customer Success team. The primary focus is on financial management, driving consumption and usage of Azure services, providing insights on consumption and optimization, supporting budget and forecast processes, and ensuring compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements. The role involves close collaboration with business leaders and finance stakeholders to achieve growth ambitions and ensure accountability for results. A key requirement is citizenship verification due to supporting US government agency customers. | — | 0 |
| AI Workforce Sales Specialist This role is for an AI Workforce Sales Specialist focused on driving digital transformation conversations with enterprise customers, identifying opportunities, and translating them into solutions using Microsoft's modern workplace and AI portfolio. It's an individual contributor role focused on consultative selling and business impact. | — | 0 |
| Specialist Recruiter Specialist Recruiter for the Early-in-Profession (EIP) Recruiting Team at Microsoft, focusing on AI, engineering, and programme delivery roles. Responsibilities include candidate assessment, attraction, experience management, data analysis, market analysis, operational compliance, stakeholder engagement, and workforce analysis. Requires a Bachelor's Degree and 3+ years of talent acquisition or HR experience, with a preference for University Recruiting experience and Japanese language proficiency. | — | 0 |
| Solution Area Specialists Internship Program for People with Disabilities Internship program for people with disabilities focused on supporting sales teams by identifying customer needs, qualifying opportunities, and positioning Microsoft solutions. The role involves event support, technical content distribution, opportunity creation, account targeting, pipeline hygiene, and reporting using tools like Power BI. | — | 0 |
| Customer Success Account Mgmt Internship Program for People with Disabilities Internship program for individuals with disabilities focused on Customer Success Account Management, aiming to provide corporate work experience and skill development within Microsoft's solutions. | — | 0 |
| Commercial Sales Commercial Executive role focused on driving complex strategic negotiations, building competitive deals, fostering customer relationships, and ensuring compliance to drive Microsoft growth within the enterprise sector. | — | 0 |
| Business Manager Business Manager role within Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team, focusing on budget, headcount, and operational procedures for the analytics platform. The role supports the 'age of AI' by managing the business operations that enable data-first applications and a data culture. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer - Identity Principal Software Engineer for Microsoft's Entra External ID team, focusing on securing and simplifying external identity experiences for organizations worldwide. The role involves designing and developing features for large-scale distributed software services, ensuring security, compliance, and performance for millions of users. Key challenges include customization, onboarding, developer experience, scale, and advanced authorization models. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Electrical Engineer Electrical Engineer for Microsoft's data center portfolio in Amsterdam, responsible for the operational health, reliability, and compliance of electrical infrastructure. This includes managing substations, UPS systems, and ensuring adherence to safety and risk management requirements. The role involves problem-solving, risk mitigation, project delivery, and vendor management within a mission-critical environment. | — | 0 |
| Electrical Engineer This role is for an Electrical Engineer focused on the design, testing, and implementation of electrical systems for Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. It involves developing designs, creating documentation, selecting test equipment, writing test cases, and following project schedules. The role emphasizes collaboration with other engineers and adherence to established procedures. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer - Identity Principal Software Engineer role focused on building and nurturing a high-performing team, developing and maintaining authentication and authorization components for various platforms, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and operational insights for Microsoft's Identity for Services (ID4S) Team within Microsoft Entra. The role emphasizes building secure, resilient, and performant components for high-scale services. | — | 0 |
| Principal Engineering Manager, Minecraft Lead the Engineering Systems team for Minecraft Bedrock, owning build pipelines, CI/CD, test frameworks, and DevOps infrastructure. Drive system reliability, simplicity, and observability while building and developing a high-performing team. | — | 0 |
| Senior Site Reliability Engineer - CTJ - Poly Senior Site Reliability Engineer for Microsoft's Azure Compute team, focusing on building and managing fault-tolerant distributed systems for hosting customer applications. The role involves ensuring availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance of services, driving automation, and participating in the full service lifecycle. Requires a Master's degree and 2+ years of technical experience, or a Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of experience. A Top Secret clearance with SCI and Polygraph is mandatory. | — | 0 |
| Executive Business Administrator Executive Business Administrator supporting the Microsoft Quantum executive office with high-level administrative responsibilities, including calendar and travel management, and special assignments. The role requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment. While the role is in an AI-first environment and mentions leveraging AI tools for efficiency, the core responsibilities are administrative. | — | 0 |
| People Operations & Readiness Lead This role is in People Operations & Readiness within the Global Customer Success organization at Microsoft. It focuses on the tactical implementation of people-related functions such as compensation, taxonomy, and territory management, as well as change management and readiness execution. The goal is to ensure business priorities are met through proper alignment of these operational aspects. While the role operates within an organization that leverages AI, the core responsibilities do not involve building or directly managing AI/ML models or systems. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Software Engineering Senior Software Engineer role on the Microsoft Azure Storage team, focusing on building and maintaining a massively scalable, highly distributed, and ubiquitously accessible cloud storage solution. The role involves ensuring high availability, consistent performance, and efficient resource utilization in a complex distributed system. Responsibilities include investigating and analyzing complex systems, identifying and mitigating bottlenecks, working across teams to develop robust solutions, and acting as a point of escalation for customer support. The role requires debugging at various levels, from system behavior to source code analysis, and contributing to the continuous evolution of storage technologies. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer Manager This role is for a Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft, leading the architecture, delivery, and live-site excellence of RDX deployment services. The team focuses on ensuring the safe, compliant, and data-driven deployment of Microsoft 365 client updates across global enterprise environments. This involves building and operating large-scale distributed services for release orchestration, rollout governance, and automated recovery, with an emphasis on telemetry, staged rollouts, and automated safeguards to minimize customer impact and regressions. The role requires strong experience in distributed systems, production deployment safety, and influencing engineering outcomes across multiple product groups. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Project Manager Project Manager for Microsoft's Data Centers, responsible for delivering core infrastructure for cloud services like Azure, Bing, and Office 365. The role involves managing projects, troubleshooting incidents, ensuring cost adherence, and maintaining safety and security policies. It requires collaboration across teams and offers growth opportunities within Microsoft's CO+I division. | — | 0 |
| Datacenter IT Operations Manager Manage a team of individual contributors and oversee data center site services and logistics for Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) division, which supports services like Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and Microsoft Azure. The role involves ensuring safety, security, and compliance, managing talent development, and collaborating with internal business groups to maintain operational stability and quality standards for over 1 billion customers worldwide. | — | 0 |
| Cloud Solution Architect - Security This role is a Cloud Solution Architect focused on Security within Microsoft's Customer Experience and Success organization. The primary focus is on providing proactive and reactive support for customers' mission-critical Microsoft Cloud solutions, including Azure and Identity services. The role involves planning and delivering support, identifying customer goals, analyzing performance issues, and collaborating with internal teams to ensure customer success. While the company and some solutions mentioned (like Security Copilot) involve AI, the core responsibilities of this role are in cloud infrastructure, security, and customer support, not in building or researching AI models themselves. | — | 0 |
| Sales Director Sales Director for Enterprise Commercial business at Microsoft, focusing on driving growth in industries like Retail, CPG, Travel, and Transport by helping customers unlock value from cloud and AI. The role involves leading a team of Account Executives and Account Technology Strategists, setting growth strategy, delivering revenue targets, and building C-suite relationships. It requires strong technical fluency to engage with business and technology leaders and translate customer priorities into AI and cloud adoption strategies. | — | 0 |
| Senior Support Escalation Manager This role is for a Senior Support Escalation Manager within Microsoft's Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization, focusing on managing escalated customer and partner issues related to Microsoft's products and services. The role involves collaborating with engineering and operations teams, mentoring other team members, and driving process improvements to enhance customer support and resolution times. While the role mentions accelerating AI transformation for customers, the core responsibilities are focused on customer support, incident management, and process improvement, not direct AI/ML development or research. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician This role provides IT support for data center infrastructure, including secure access workstations (SAWs), servers, and audio/visual equipment. Responsibilities include maintaining inventory, installing updates and operating systems, performing hardware troubleshooting and component replacement, and supporting the deployment of physical infrastructure like servers and network devices. The role also involves managing inventory, performing return merchandise authorizations, and assisting with shipping/receiving. | — | 0 |
| Regional Transition Program Manager This role is responsible for managing the transition of new data centers to operations teams, involving coordination with engineering, construction, and commissioning teams. It requires overseeing project lifecycles, stakeholder management, and ensuring operational readiness for Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly Software Engineer II role focused on maintaining, improving, and optimizing Microsoft's Resiliency services (Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Migrate, Azure Automation) within Air-Gapped and Sovereign cloud environments. The role also involves owning and maintaining Microsoft Learn documentation for these regulated clouds. Requires end-to-end service ownership, driving operational excellence, and participating in on-call rotations. Security clearance is a mandatory requirement. | — | 0 |
| Services Customer Operations Manager This role focuses on managing customer operations for Microsoft Services, ensuring efficient and compliant execution of deals throughout the lead-to-cash lifecycle. It involves partnering with sellers, orchestrating cross-functional teams, managing contract readiness, and identifying risks. The role also emphasizes continuous improvement and leveraging AI-assisted or agentic workflows to enhance operational efficiency and deal velocity. | — | 0 |
| Services Customer Operations Manager This role focuses on managing and orchestrating complex Services deals within Microsoft, ensuring high-quality, compliant execution across the lead-to-cash lifecycle. It involves partnering with sellers, removing operational blockers, managing contract readiness, and ensuring adherence to business rules. The role also involves leveraging AI-assisted workflows to improve efficiency and accuracy. | — | 0 |
| Stagiaire Technicien de Centre de Données / Datacenter Technician Intern This is an internship role for a Datacenter Technician (DCT) focusing on the physical infrastructure of Microsoft's cloud services. Responsibilities include supporting the deployment of physical datacenter infrastructure, installing, replacing, and troubleshooting cables and hardware, handling data-bearing devices, and working within a ticket-based environment. The role also involves assisting with inventory and asset management. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician This role involves developing an understanding of standard processes for preparing, installing, diagnosing, troubleshooting, replacing, and decommissioning IT datacenter equipment under guidance. It focuses on learning about cabling, network, server, and storage equipment, following procedures, completing tickets, and performing basic diagnostics and hardware replacements within Microsoft's cloud operations. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II - Windows Debugging Software Engineer II role focused on Windows Debugging within the Windows Servicing & Delivery team. Responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining software solutions to enhance Windows reliability and performance, analyzing product usage, implementing software changes, demonstrating leadership, engaging with other engineering teams, utilizing debugging tools, and maintaining a customer-focused mindset. Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Preferred qualifications include experience with Windows Client/Server, customer-facing roles, M365 technologies, scripting, Windows Updates, networking protocols, and debugging native C/C++ and managed code C# using Windbg. | — | 0 |
| Security Engineer II Security Engineer II role focused on securing the Microsoft Edge Browser client code through proactive vulnerability research, analysis, and engagement with developers. Responsibilities include identifying security issues, supporting mitigation, investigating incidents, and contributing to secure design and development practices. Requires experience in cybersecurity principles, code audit, fuzzer development, crash analysis, and web security. | — | 0 |
| Senior Communications Manager, Infrastructure Community Storytelling Senior Communications Manager for Microsoft's Infrastructure Community Storytelling team, focusing on external communications, media relations, and reputation management within infrastructure communities across the US. This role involves developing communication strategies, crafting narratives, managing stakeholder relationships, and handling crisis communications. | — | 0 |
| Senior Critical Environment Technician This role is for a Senior Critical Environment Technician responsible for maintaining the critical infrastructure of Microsoft's datacenters, ensuring operational reliability and safety. It involves hands-on equipment maintenance, incident response, and coordination with various stakeholders. | — | 0 |
| Sr Consulting Project Manager-CTJ-Poly This role is for a Sr. Consulting Project Manager focused on engaging with customer stakeholders to develop partnerships, drive customer satisfaction, manage project delivery, and facilitate contracting processes. The role involves managing project plans, risks, stakeholder communications, and financial health, with a focus on ensuring successful project closure and driving incremental business. It also includes mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to process improvements. | — | 0 |
| Consulting Project Manager-CTJ-Poly This role is for a Consulting Project Manager at Microsoft who will engage with customer stakeholders to develop partnerships, drive customer satisfaction, and manage project delivery. Responsibilities include project initiation, contracting, financial management, risk management, and stakeholder communication. The role also involves mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to process improvements. | — | 0 |
