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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |