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.
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| Senior Security Research Engineer - Microsoft Defender Experts Team This role is for a Senior Security Research Engineer on the Microsoft Defender Experts Team. The primary focus is on detecting, investigating, and responding to advanced attacks and data breaches using Microsoft 365 Defender and rich telemetry. The role involves analyzing attacker behaviors, generating custom alerts, building new tools and automations for hunting, and driving innovations in detecting advanced attacker tradecraft. While AI/ML might be used as a tool, the core craft is cybersecurity detection and response, not building AI models. | — | 2 |
| Security Researcher (Multiple Positions) This role focuses on security investigations, analyzing security alerts and telemetry to validate detections and understand attacker intent. It involves correlating large datasets using KQL, investigating identity-centric threats, and delivering customer-facing investigation summaries. The role requires experience in security operations, cybersecurity investigations, incident response, or threat hunting. | — |
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| Software Engineer 2, Azure Data Platform Software Engineer II for Azure Data Platform, specifically focusing on Azure PostgreSQL. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining a globally distributed, fully managed PostgreSQL service. Responsibilities include improving reliability, scalability, performance, and security of the cloud service, contributing to production support, and collaborating with global teams. The role requires experience with distributed systems and cloud services, and preferred qualifications include using AI tools responsibly and contributing to product features. | — | 0 |