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 250 active AI roles, down 24% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $65k–$331k (avg $195k).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher Researcher at Microsoft focusing on advancing the state-of-the-art in AI, Computer Systems, Networking, NLU, Computer Vision, and ML. The role involves conducting research, leading collaborations, formulating research problems, and developing prototypes. While expertise is provided to product groups, the primary focus is on academic knowledge advancement rather than immediate product needs. The role requires strong programming skills, depth of knowledge in AI fields, and experience in research execution and publication. | Pretrain | 9 |
| Sr Research Scientist Senior Research Scientist to lead cutting-edge projects from concept to product, focusing on AI for Developers. This role involves building and training state-of-the-art models, applying and advancing techniques for leveraging LLMs in software engineering (including RAG and evaluation), and collaborating with product teams to run large-scale experiments and improve AI solutions. The primary focus is on AI for code completion and editing, retrieval-augmented systems for codebases, and efficient inference algorithms for code generation. |
| AgentServe |
| 8 |
| Research Science: Internship opportunities This is an internship opportunity for a Research Scientist focused on conducting research and leading collaborations to advance the state-of-the-art in computer science and engineering, with a focus on machine intelligence and machine learning applications. The role involves analyzing algorithms, implementing prototypes, and developing solutions for large-scale problems, contributing to academic knowledge and potentially influencing future product development. | Pretrain | 7 |
| Principal PM Manager--SOX ODSP Product Management Manager role focused on leading a team to define and drive the product roadmap for AI-powered collaboration experiences within the OneDrive and SharePoint organization. The role involves people leadership, product strategy, and cross-functional collaboration, with a strong emphasis on integrating AI/ML technologies like Microsoft Copilot and AI agents into enterprise content management and compliance workflows. | Ship | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer--Backend--Microsoft Copilot Senior Software Engineer for Microsoft Copilot's backend platform, focusing on scaling AI services, integrating AI models, and providing tools for engineers. Requires strong backend and cloud infrastructure experience. | Serve | 7 |
| Principal Software Engineering--Backend--Microsoft Copilot This role focuses on building and scaling the backend platform for Microsoft Copilot, integrating with AI models and empowering Copilot teams. The engineer will design, develop, and maintain performant and secure AI Platform services, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance. The role requires experience with public cloud infrastructure, containerization, and production software development. | Serve | 7 |
| Senior Software Engineer--Infra-Microsoft Copilot The role focuses on building and scaling the backend platform for Microsoft Copilot, including integrations with AI models and tools for engineering teams. The engineer will design, develop, and maintain performant and secure AI Platform services, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance. This involves working with public cloud infrastructure, containerization technologies, and production software release. | Serve | 7 |