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 |
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| Senior Consultant, Apps & AI Senior Consultant for Microsoft's Industry Solutions team, focusing on delivering AI-enabled applications and cloud solutions on Azure for enterprise customers. Responsibilities include client-facing consulting, designing and building full-stack applications, architecting cloud-native solutions, implementing DevOps, and leading the end-to-end delivery lifecycle. The role emphasizes AI-enabled development using Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, custom ML models, agentic AI systems, and RAG architectures, alongside cloud-native architecture and DevOps practices. | AgentServe | 7 |
| Data and AI Solution Architect This role focuses on designing and leading end-to-end enterprise data, GenAI, Copilot, and agentic AI architectures. The Solution Architect translates business outcomes into scalable, secure, and governed solutions, owns data platform design for AI readiness, leads data migration and modernization, architects cross-cloud data integration, defines GenAI solution patterns (prompt orchestration, RAG, embeddings), and leads architecture for Copilot and AI-augmented applications, including agentic AI architectures. |
| Agent |
| 5 |
| Field Service Engineer This role is for a Field Service Engineer within Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) division. The engineer will be responsible for maintaining the critical infrastructure (power, cooling, network, security) that supports Microsoft's cloud services like Azure, Bing, and Office 365. Key responsibilities include ensuring data center operations, maximizing critical environment availability, overseeing mechanical and electrical equipment, reducing incidents, delivering on cost/energy efficiency, supporting emergency preparedness, conducting audits, managing reporting, and building relationships with partners. The role requires a technical degree (Mechanical/Electrical Engineering) or equivalent experience in data center operations. | — | 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 |
| IT Operations Manager This role is for an IT Operations Manager at Microsoft, responsible for leading a team and overseeing data center site services and logistics. The position involves managing physical operations, ensuring safety, security, and compliance, and collaborating with internal business groups to deliver service levels for Microsoft's cloud services like Azure, Office 365, and Xbox. It requires significant experience in IT infrastructure management and team leadership. | — | 0 |
| Cloud Solution Architecture - Infrastructure This role focuses on acting as a trusted technical advisor for Microsoft's strategic customers, helping them improve the reliability, resilience, security, performance, and operational excellence of their Azure environments. It involves proactive assessments, technical guidance, incident leadership, and cross-functional collaboration within a global follow-the-sun model. The CSA will advise on architecture and operations aligned with the Azure Well-Architected Framework, lead complex troubleshooting efforts, facilitate Root Cause Analysis, and drive reduction of reactive operational demand through reliability-focused recommendations and operational maturity improvements. The role also involves performing proactive health assessments, risk reviews, and analyzing telemetry and monitoring platforms to identify trends and develop actionable insights. Customer engagement includes creating knowledge documentation, delivering onboarding assessments, and tracking remediation progress. Global collaboration with various Microsoft teams is essential. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Technician This role is for a Critical Environment Technician responsible for maintaining critical infrastructure in Microsoft's datacenters, including electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems. The technician will perform maintenance, respond to incidents, monitor equipment performance, and ensure safety and security protocols are followed. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Technician Microsoft is seeking a Logistics Technician to manage inventory, deliveries, and returns within their data centers. This role involves cycle audits, coordinating with suppliers for warranty claims, documenting shipments, and ensuring accurate inventory tracking. The technician will also be responsible for the destruction of data-bearing devices and adhering to security and data management policies. A high school diploma and 6 months of relevant experience are required, with preferred experience in IT logistics and warehouse operations. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician Microsoft Data Center Technician responsible for preparing, installing, troubleshooting, and decommissioning equipment in data centers. This role involves following standard procedures, adhering to security and data management protocols, and contributing to team efforts to ensure the smooth operation of Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Mechanical Engineer This role is for a Mechanical Engineer within Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) division, responsible for the core infrastructure and foundational technologies powering Microsoft's cloud services like Azure, Office 365, and Xbox. The engineer will work on the design, operation, and maintenance of mechanical systems in datacenters, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of critical infrastructure that supports millions of customers worldwide. The role involves collaborating with IT and Critical Environments teams, managing mechanical designs from conception to construction, and overseeing maintenance procedures for cooling and electrical systems. | — | 0 |
| Senior Product Engineer This role is for a Senior Product Engineer focused on the manufacturing and silicon aspects of Microsoft's cloud hardware infrastructure, including Azure Cobalt chips. The engineer will drive alignment across design, test, packaging, and manufacturing teams, manage yield ramps, lead problem-solving for complex issues, and leverage data analytics for decision-making to ensure high quality and cost efficiency in hardware production. While the role is within a team supporting AI missions and mentions AI-driven manufacturing systems as a preferred qualification, the core responsibilities are in traditional silicon manufacturing and product engineering, not direct AI/ML model development or deployment. | — | 0 |
| Electrical Engineer This role is for an Electrical Engineer focused on the design, testing, and implementation of electrical systems for Microsoft's global datacenter infrastructure. The engineer will work on developing designs, creating documentation, selecting components, executing test plans, and ensuring the performance and reliability of hardware. | — | 0 |
| Senior Physical Design Engineer Senior Physical Design Engineer for Microsoft's Cloud Hardware and Infrastructure Engineering team, focusing on the design, development, manufacturing, and packaging of state-of-the-art computer chips for Azure. The role involves owning and driving floorplanning, synthesis, place and route, and signoff for Mixed-Signal IPs, with a focus on optimizing power, area, and timing. | — | 0 |
| Senior Critical Environment Technician This role is for a Senior Critical Environment Technician responsible for maintaining critical infrastructure in Microsoft's datacenters. Responsibilities include coordinating with vendors, managing operational and safety situations, mentoring junior technicians, performing maintenance on critical environment equipment (electrical, mechanical, HVAC, controls), responding to onsite incidents, and monitoring equipment performance. The role requires a strong understanding of mission-critical services and specialized experience in areas like mechanical or electrical fields. | — | 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 |
| Data Center IT Technician This role provides IT support for data center infrastructure, including servers, network devices, and workstations. Responsibilities include hardware troubleshooting, inventory management, and ensuring devices meet security compliance standards. The role also involves performing basic data center technician tasks like power cycling and component swaps. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environmental Program Manager Program Manager for Critical Environmental operations in Microsoft's global datacenters, focusing on mechanical and electrical equipment maintenance, project management, cost/energy efficiency, and compliance for core infrastructure supporting Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician Manager Lead a team of technicians in a data center environment, overseeing hardware deployments, diagnostics, and decommissioning. Focus on technician performance, KPI/SLA monitoring, training, and ensuring compliance with policies and safety procedures. This role is critical for the infrastructure supporting Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician Manager Lead a team of technicians responsible for hardware deployments, diagnostics, and decommissioning in Microsoft's data centers, ensuring service compliance, quality, and safety. This role involves coaching, performance management, and operational oversight of critical infrastructure supporting Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician This role involves staging, setting up, troubleshooting, and decommissioning hardware in a data center environment. The technician will follow standard operating procedures, perform quality checks, and escalate incidents as needed. The role also includes assisting peers, completing training, and contributing to a positive team environment. A background check and Malaysian citizenship verification are required. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Technician This role is for a Logistics Technician in a Microsoft Data Center, responsible for inventory audits, deliveries, security escorts, and documentation of inbound/outbound shipments. It involves coordinating warranty claims, managing return merchandise authorizations (RMAs), maintaining inventory systems, tracking physical inventory, reconciling discrepancies, and performing data-bearing device destruction. The role requires adherence to SLAs and Microsoft policies, with a focus on inventory management principles and career advancement within cloud operations. | — | 0 |