Currently tracking 224 active AI roles, down 17% 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 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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| Principal Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly Principal Software Engineer for Microsoft Specialized Clouds Teams Phone team, focusing on building, deploying, and operating Teams Phone services in Air Gapped and Sovereign Cloud environments. This role requires leading the design, development, and evolution of these services with strict security, compliance, and reliability requirements, ensuring feature parity with Public Cloud offerings. The engineer will drive technical strategy, influence architecture, and own the full software development lifecycle, acting as a senior technical leader and mentor. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Account Management This role is focused on strategic account management within Microsoft, aiming to drive high-volume sales and identify new opportunities by understanding customer industries and priorities. It involves developing and executing account plans, leveraging relationships with internal and external partners, and understanding Microsoft's product landscape to provide solutions and thought leadership. The role requires a deep understanding of customer business and technology transformation to accelerate co-innovation and digital transformation. |
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| Digital Account Executive This role is for a Digital Account Executive at Microsoft, focused on serving medium enterprise clients and driving their digital transformation. The role involves building executive relationships, leveraging digital tools and AI, orchestrating internal resources and partners, managing territory and pipeline, and forecasting sales revenue. The goal is to help clients realize their potential and achieve more through Microsoft's solutions. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Account Executive - Digital Native Sr. Account Executive at Microsoft focused on leading digital transformation initiatives for digital native customers. Responsibilities include understanding customer needs, developing account plans, orchestrating virtual teams, and closing opportunities to drive business outcomes. Requires extensive sales experience with enterprise customers and startups, industry knowledge, and strong client management skills. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineering INTERN Software Engineering Intern role at Microsoft, focusing on solving problems and building innovative software solutions. The intern will apply engineering principles, learn new technologies, and contribute to next-generation software development. Requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS or related field and one year of programming experience. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Electrical Engineer This role is for a Critical Environment Electrical Engineer at Microsoft, focusing on the design, testing, and implementation of electrical systems for datacenters. The role involves developing designs, creating documentation, conducting tests, and ensuring project implementation schedules are met, all within the context of Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician Manager- Night Shift This role manages a team of technicians responsible for hardware deployment, diagnostics, and decommissioning in Microsoft's data centers. It involves leading the team, ensuring service compliance and quality, and promoting a strong safety culture. The role focuses on operational excellence within a large-scale infrastructure environment. | — | 0 |
| Fraud Operations Investigation Analyst This role investigates complex fraud and abuse cases across Microsoft's cloud and service ecosystem, protecting customer trust and reducing financial harm. The analyst will conduct deep-dive investigations, document findings, execute remediation actions, monitor fraud signals, perform vetting, and contribute to process improvements. | — | 0 |
| Senior Finance Manager - Datacenter Cost out/Mantis This Senior Finance Manager role focuses on financial planning and modeling for Microsoft's datacenter cost management, specifically within the CPIM team which is at the forefront of Microsoft's AI strategy. The role involves owning the financial planning and modeling toolset, partnering with Mantis Engineering (CSCP) to build and enhance a planning platform, and working with Finance Data & Engineering (FD&E) to create analytic tools for datacenter cost data. Responsibilities include translating finance requirements into engineering specifications, driving the product roadmap, leading user acceptance testing, establishing governance, defining metrics for cost drivers and variance insights, and influencing investment and efficiency decisions through financial modeling and narratives. The role requires experience in financial analysis, modeling, and ideally with hyperscale cloud/datacenter cost modeling, and experience as a finance product owner for planning/modeling platforms. | — | 0 |
| Lease Construction Manager This role is for a Lease Construction Manager responsible for overseeing the construction of leased data center projects, ensuring compliance with Microsoft's requirements as outlined in the lease contract. The manager will act as Microsoft's Employer's Representative, coordinating with internal Subject Matter Experts and lease providers to achieve 'Ready for Service' status for each project. Key responsibilities include managing safety, stakeholder dependencies, vendor contracts, and ensuring alignment with regional business objectives and OKRs. The role requires strong communication, negotiation, and analytical skills, with a focus on driving safe, high-quality, and efficient project delivery in a fast-paced, technical environment. | — | 0 |
| Sr Consulting Program Management-CTJ-Top Secret This role is for a Senior Consulting Program Management Individual Contributor at Microsoft, focusing on complex Federal opportunities. The role involves orchestrating sales, solution architects, partners, and delivery teams to ensure successful qualification, structuring, governance, and delivery of AI-related projects. Key responsibilities include deal shaping, partner and stakeholder orchestration, delivery readiness, financial management, and ensuring compliance with security and federal requirements. The role requires a Top Secret security clearance and experience in project management within a regulated environment. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Industrial Controls Systems Engineer This role focuses on the engineering and maintenance of Industrial Controls Systems (ICS) within Microsoft's mission-critical datacenters. Responsibilities include ensuring the availability, data quality, service, change management, reporting, and security of ICS systems, managing electrical and mechanical systems, and governing access to these systems. The role requires a Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field and experience in software engineering, network engineering, service engineering, systems engineering, or industrial controls. | — | 0 |
| Digital Account Executive This role is for a Digital Account Executive at Microsoft, focusing on serving Medium Enterprise managed clients and guiding them through their Digital Transformation journey. The role involves building executive-level relationships, leveraging digital tools and AI, orchestrating internal resources and partners, managing territory and pipeline, and forecasting sales revenue. The goal is to drive customer success and achieve revenue targets by understanding customer needs and presenting tailored Microsoft solutions. | — | 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 data center infrastructure supporting Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer Principal Software Engineer on the Windows team, focusing on building and innovating Shell and Services Experiences for future Windows versions. The role involves influencing product vision, mentoring engineers, delivering high-quality results, and driving engineering excellence. Requires strong coding skills in C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, experience in modern app development (XAML/WinUI), and leadership in shipping large-scale software. | — | 0 |
| Commercial Sales - Contracting & Pricing This role is a Commercial Executive responsible for deal-making, negotiation, and collaboration to drive revenue growth and customer success within Microsoft's Enterprise Commercial organization. The role acts as a trusted advisor on commercial activities and contracting, leading internal and external sales through commercial construct and deal value proposition, while optimizing investment and customization. A key focus is supporting AI transformation across accounts, maximizing business opportunities with new AI offerings like Copilot, and ensuring compliant, on-time deal execution. | — | 0 |
| Category Manager Microsoft is seeking a Category Manager for its Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) procurement team, specifically for data center operations supply chain. The role involves defining and executing sourcing strategies, managing supplier scorecards, negotiating contracts, and ensuring compliance within critical equipment maintenance and services categories. The position requires experience in supply chain, data analytics, finance, or project management, with a strong commercial understanding and contract negotiation skills. | — | 0 |
| Construction Manager Microsoft is seeking a Construction Manager to oversee the delivery of datacenter capacity for their cloud business. This role involves managing project execution across multiple sites, ensuring safety, quality, sustainability, schedule, and budget requirements are met. Responsibilities include project controls, program delivery, cross-functional collaboration, technical oversight, risk and safety leadership, vendor management, and executive reporting. The role requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 5+ years of experience, with a preference for 12+ years and data center project experience. | — | 0 |
| Executive Business Administrator Executive Business Administrator supporting leaders at Microsoft, focusing on calendar management, logistics, cross-functional communication, event coordination, and project ownership. The role requires strong organizational, communication, and judgment skills in a fast-paced environment. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Program Manager The Critical Environment Program Manager role at Microsoft focuses on the operations and maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment within datacenters, ensuring the reliability and efficiency of Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. This role involves managing daily operations, preventative maintenance, project management, and ensuring compliance with infrastructure standards. It is not directly involved in AI/ML model development or deployment. | — | 0 |
| Senior Communications Manager, Cloud & AI This role is for a Senior Communications Manager focused on Microsoft's Cloud & AI infrastructure, including datacenters, energy, water sustainability, and external impact. The role involves developing and executing communication strategies, managing media relations, and handling issues management for high-visibility topics with potential regulatory interest. It requires partnering with various internal teams and external agencies to shape narratives and ensure clear, compelling storytelling. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineers Senior Software Engineers are needed to build innovative agentic and software-security solutions, including Microsoft MDASH. The role focuses on designing and building scalable backend services and data platforms that support high-impact security scenarios, bridging the gap between source code and runtime security. This is a new team focused on shaping the future of AI and security. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineers Principal Software Engineers are sought to build innovative agentic and software-security solutions, focusing on closing the gap between source code and runtime security. The role involves designing, building, and improving systems for software supply chain security, analyzing dependencies and vulnerabilities, applying program analysis techniques, and developing scalable cloud-based pipelines. Integration with developer tools like GitHub and Visual Studio is key, as is contributing to supply chain integrity practices. | — | 0 |
| Principal Silicon Design Verification Engineer The Principal Silicon Design Verification Engineer will own the development of C and C++ based test content at the subsystem and SoC levels, build and maintain the C test infrastructure, own the pre-silicon verification strategy and execution for security IP blocks and subsystems, architect and extend SystemVerilog and UVM environments, drive coverage signoff, act as a verification lead, mentor engineers, and improve verification efficiency. | — | 0 |
| Cloud & AI Digital Solution Area Specialist This role is a sales and account management position focused on helping mid-market customers adopt Microsoft's AI, data, and cloud solutions. The specialist will drive strategic customer conversations, advance opportunities, and achieve revenue targets by connecting Cloud & AI solutions to customer business outcomes. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician This role involves supporting the core infrastructure for Microsoft's cloud services by performing standard procedures for equipment preparation, installation, diagnostics, troubleshooting, replacement, and decommissioning in a data center environment. The technician will work under guidance, learn about security and data management, and contribute to issue tracking and team collaboration. | — | 0 |
| Fraud Operations Enablement Program Manager Program Manager for Fraud Operations Enablement, focusing on designing and scaling systems, processes, and tooling to improve operational efficiency, quality, and risk reduction. This role enables frontline teams by improving workflows, identifying friction points, partnering with engineering for automation, defining data requirements, and managing cross-functional enablement programs. Experience with AI-assisted investigations is a plus. | — | 0 |
| Incident Command & Threat Hunting Operations Manager This role leads incident response and threat hunting operations for Fraud & Abuse Security at Microsoft. It involves managing major incidents, defining threat hunting strategies, and coordinating cross-functional teams to reduce customer and Microsoft harm. The role requires strong leadership, operational excellence, and experience in cybersecurity incident management. | — | 0 |
| Senior Product Manager Product Manager for Microsoft's Identity Security Premium team, focusing on Entra Identity Protection and Conditional Access. The role involves anticipating customer needs, building enterprise-grade product experiences, influencing cross-functional partnerships, and aligning roadmaps with OKRs/KPIs. Experience in cybersecurity and identity products is preferred, with a desirable mention of using Generative AI tools for product development. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Program Manager - Business Operations This role is for a Critical Environment Program Manager within Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) division. The primary focus is on managing the financial and operational aspects of datacenters that power Microsoft's cloud services, including Azure. The role involves financial controllership, contract management, spend analysis, and coordinating with field operations to ensure business success and optimize datacenter infrastructure. While the role operates within the context of cloud services which utilize AI, the core responsibilities are in business operations, financial management, and program management of physical IT infrastructure, not in the direct development or deployment of AI models or systems. | — | 0 |
| Senior Business Strategy Manager This role is a Senior Business Strategy Manager within Microsoft's Cloud Supply Chain organization, focusing on enabling hardware infrastructure for cloud and AI growth. The role involves analyzing supply chain strategies, leading cross-functional teams on strategic projects, and ensuring supply chain resiliency. It is not directly involved in building or researching AI models but supports the infrastructure that enables AI capabilities at scale. | — | 0 |
| * Software Engineer II Software Engineer II for the Azure Resource Builder team, focusing on developing a high-performing, highly available data processing engine for billions of cloud resources. The role involves designing, developing, and testing software systems for massively distributed cloud-based applications, with an emphasis on scale, performance, and live site maintenance. | — | 0 |
| Executive Business Administrator Executive Business Administrator for a Frontier Marketing organization, providing high-level administrative and operational support to General Managers. Responsibilities include calendar management, stakeholder engagement, operational rhythm, travel coordination, event planning, and budget oversight. Requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, proactivity, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. | — | 0 |
| Executive Business Administrator Executive Business Administrator for a Frontier Marketing organization, providing administrative and operational support to General Managers. Responsibilities include calendar management, stakeholder engagement, operational excellence, cross-functional collaboration, travel management, event planning, and resource oversight. Requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to anticipate needs in a fast-paced environment. | — | 0 |
| Training Manager Microsoft is seeking a Training Manager for their Cloud Operations + Innovation (CO+I) Learning team. The role involves managing a team of trainers, establishing technical training delivery, conducting workforce training needs analysis, and managing procedural change management activities for datacenters. The manager will partner with site managers and trainers to address operational risks and training gaps, encourage innovation in training topics, and ensure training content and delivery meet learning expectations for availability, safety, and throughput goals. The position requires a Bachelor's Degree and 6+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience, and the ability to pass a Microsoft Cloud Background Check. | — | 0 |
| Sr Technology Consultant-CTJ-Poly This role is for a Sr. Technology Consultant focused on helping customers adopt and optimize Microsoft technology solutions, including cloud and security. The consultant will engage with customers to understand requirements, communicate business value, identify risks, and collaborate with internal teams to shape deals and drive adoption. The role emphasizes leveraging existing intellectual property and providing feedback for continuous improvement. | — | 0 |
| Construction Project Management This role is for a Construction Project Manager responsible for overseeing the planning, compliance, and progress of Early Works General Contractors for datacenter construction projects. The role involves directing day-to-day field activities, managing vendor relationships, driving risk mitigation, and ensuring on-time delivery of complex global construction projects. | — | 0 |
| Support Escalation Management This role is a Senior Support Escalation Manager within Microsoft's Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization, specifically in the Customer Service & Support (CSS) division. The primary focus is on managing escalated customer and partner issues, ensuring timely resolution, and improving the overall support experience. While the role operates within a company that heavily utilizes AI technology and aims to accelerate AI transformation for customers, the core responsibilities of this specific position are centered around customer issue management, process improvement, and relationship building, rather than direct AI/ML model development or deployment. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician This role involves developing an understanding of standard processes and procedures for preparing, installing, performing diagnostics, troubleshooting, replacing, and/or decommissioning equipment in a data center environment, under the guidance of more experienced colleagues. It focuses on core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and technical strategy for Azure Key Management and HSM platform capabilities, focusing on scalable, secure, and reliable services, including advancing post-quantum cryptography readiness for regulated and mission-critical workloads. | — | 0 |
| Principal Product Design Specialist This role is for a Principal Product Design Specialist on the Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team at Microsoft. The role involves working directly with customers to leverage the latest technologies, jointly develop code for cloud-based solutions, and build innovative solutions. The specialist will define product needs based on user insights, create design concepts, and optimize user experience. Collaboration with cross-functional teams (engineers, TPMs, data scientists) and customers is key. The role also involves contributing to open source and solving business problems. | — | 0 |
| Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly Senior Software Engineer to support a portfolio of products within the Azure cloud, involving the complete end-to-end lifecycles of product development and operations. The role requires independent use of AI tools and practices within the SDLC, code reviews, debugging, incident retrospectives, and leading by example in producing high-quality code. Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 4+ years of experience and an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with SCI and Polygraph. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Ops Technician This role involves maintaining critical infrastructure in Microsoft's datacenters, focusing on equipment maintenance, safety procedures, and operational monitoring. It is not directly AI/ML related. | — | 0 |
| Senior Sales Excellence Manager This role is for a Senior Sales Excellence Manager at Microsoft, focusing on AI Business Solutions and Security. The primary responsibility is to drive sales execution, pipeline management, and transformation within the SME&C segment. The role requires experience in sales operations, using data for business outcomes, and managing stakeholder relationships. While the role is within the AI domain, it is not directly involved in building or researching AI models, but rather in the sales and operational aspects of AI business solutions. | — | 0 |
| Senior Data Center Technician This role involves performing diagnostics, troubleshooting, and decommissioning of network and server equipment in a data center environment. It requires providing guidance to other technicians, ensuring quality execution, and maintaining awareness of KPIs. The role is part of Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) team, supporting core infrastructure for Microsoft's online services. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Technician This role is for a Critical Environment Technician responsible for maintaining the critical infrastructure of Microsoft's datacenters, including electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems. The technician will perform maintenance, respond to incidents, and monitor equipment performance. | — | 0 |
| Principal Group Engineering Manager Lead a team responsible for foundational systems and services that power GitHub’s internal engineering and development workflows, focusing on improving how GitHub engineering teams build, test, and ship software across the company. This includes CI/CD platforms, developer tooling, virtualized infrastructure, and paved paths. The role involves people leadership, technical depth, and operational ownership impacting daily developer experience and product quality for millions. | — | 0 |
| Microsoft AI - Executive Assistant Executive Assistant role supporting the VP of Engineering in the Copilot Division at Microsoft AI. Responsibilities include managing calendars, coordinating meetings and travel, facilitating communication, supporting business rhythms, and assisting with business operations and resource planning. | — | 0 |
| Senior Finance Director - AI & Cloud Margins This role is for a Senior Finance Director focused on the product margins of Microsoft's cloud and AI products. The responsibilities include owning gross margins, delivering analytics, partnering with engineering on financial targets, leading demand planning for AI and cloud workloads, and supporting senior executives. While the role interacts with AI and cloud products, the core function is finance and margin management, not direct AI/ML development or research. | — | 0 |
| Senior Data Engineer Senior Data Engineer for the Product Engineering Partnership pillar, focusing on telemetry, instrumentation, semantic modeling, experimentation, feedback pipelines, catalog management, external reporting, and analytics for Global Skilling products. This role involves technical leadership, owning telemetry contracts, building the experimentation data backbone, and ensuring insights flow back to product teams. | — | 0 |
