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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| Principal Software Engineer Principal Software Engineer role within the Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team at Microsoft. This role focuses on partnering with customers to design and deliver cloud-based solutions using modern software engineering practices. The engineer will work in a cross-functional team, contribute to open-source projects, and collaborate with Microsoft product teams to solve customer challenges. The role emphasizes deep experience in software engineering and cloud technologies, with a focus on building broadly applicable, high-impact solution patterns. | — | 0 |
| Senior Services Account Executive This role is for a Senior Services Account Executive at Microsoft in Seoul. The primary focus is on selling services, including Unified Support and Consulting Services, to customers. The role involves acting as a trusted advisor, aligning services to customer goals, driving cloud growth and AI transformation, and managing the full sales cycle. While the role mentions guiding customers through their AI transformation journey and leveraging Microsoft Cloud and AI solutions, the core responsibilities are in sales and account management, not in building or directly developing AI/ML models or systems. |
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| Principal Software Engineer Manager- CTJ - Poly Lead a mixed organization of Site Reliability Engineers and Software Engineers responsible for building and operating IC3 services across highly regulated and enterprise-critical environments. This role requires strong technical depth, operational judgment, and people leadership, with the ability to scale impact through others while remaining deeply connected to engineering fundamentals and service health. | — | 0 |
| Principal Product Engineer This role is for a Principal Product Engineer focused on semiconductor IC development, manufacturing, fabrication, testing, and packaging. The responsibilities include driving pre-Si readiness for tests and features, optimizing ATE test programs, managing fuse requirements, and leading cross-functional teams. The candidate should have strong knowledge of ATE test program development, DFT, silicon fabrication, and product quality & reliability. Experience in high-performance computing, AI, GPUs, or CPUs is beneficial, but the core function is in hardware engineering and manufacturing, not AI model development or deployment. | — | 0 |
| IMDA-CLT Program: Solution Engineering INTERN Internship program focused on solution engineering, involving customer engagement, product expertise development, and technical wins, with a focus on building awareness of product strategy and partners. | — | 0 |
| Principal Software Engineer- GitHub India Principal Software Engineer role focused on driving system architecture, inspiring and coaching engineering teams, and delivering innovative solutions for GitHub's Developer Experience (DX) team. The role emphasizes building and tuning scalable, high-performance systems, optimizing high-throughput services, and leading technical strategy and performance optimization across teams. | — | 0 |
| Digital Solution Area Specialists This role is a Digital Solution Specialist for Microsoft's Small Business Segment (SMB) within the Azure Solution Area in ASEAN. The primary focus is on driving Azure adoption and consumption by acting as a trusted technical advisor to customers, leading technical engagements, and guiding them through their digital transformation journey. The role involves sales execution, territory management, and collaborating with internal teams and partners to identify and close new opportunities, ultimately contributing to net-new revenue and workload expansion. | — | 0 |
| Fabric Interconnect Design Verification Engineer This role is for a Fabric Interconnect Design Verification Engineer. The primary responsibilities include owning verification of complex flows, developing UVM-based verification environments, and applying random-stimulus and coverage-based techniques. A key aspect of the role involves applying generative AI solutions to verification work, with preferred qualifications including experience with AI in daily tasks. The role requires a Master's or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with a specified number of years of experience in pre-silicon subsystem or IP verification. Security screening and export control compliance are also required. | — | 0 |
| Microsoft Data Center Technician (DCT) Manager Lead a team of technicians responsible for hardware deployment, diagnostics, and decommissioning in Microsoft data centers, ensuring compliance with KPIs and SLAs. This role involves managing escalations, championing safety, and overseeing technician readiness and training within a large-scale cloud infrastructure environment. | — | 0 |
| Strategic Account Technology Strategist - Telecommunications This role is a Strategic Account Technology Strategist (SATS) focused on the telecommunications industry within the enterprise business unit. The SATS will work at the forefront of customer digital transformation, understanding their business and industry scenarios to provide resources for their digital journey. The role involves proposing innovative business ideas based on technical insights and industry expertise, driving the adoption of Microsoft Azure Cloud, AI, Modern Workplace, and business applications. The SATS will act as a virtual CTO for clients, building relationships with CIOs/CTOs and accelerating AI transformation. The role emphasizes strategy leadership, technology leadership, and industry knowledge to build digital technology strategies aligned with business outcomes. | — | 0 |
| Datacenter Technician (DCT) Apprentice - Level 3 Apprentice role focused on learning and supporting the installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and decommissioning of data center infrastructure for Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Commercial Sales This Commercial Sales role focuses on achieving revenue targets by leading collaborations with sellers and business stakeholders, leveraging knowledge of customer needs and ethical selling methods. The role involves optimizing sales processes, identifying business opportunities (including those related to artificial intelligence), and managing commercial plans for strategic accounts. It also requires driving adherence to commercial solutions policy, analyzing deals for risks, and negotiating complex commercial terms in collaboration with account teams. Responsibilities include proactive engagement, understanding customer priorities, structuring deals for growth, and fostering cross-functional collaboration. | — | 0 |
| Senior Manufacturing Product Engineer Senior Manufacturing Product Engineer for Microsoft's Surface and Xbox hardware operations. The role focuses on ensuring product quality and manufacturing execution throughout the product lifecycle, involving technical understanding of design, test, assembly, and operation. Responsibilities include identifying and mitigating manufacturing risks during NPI, driving fault isolation and failure analysis, developing corrective actions, collaborating with data system partners for quality control, creating product training, developing debugging tools, resolving technical challenges in refurbishment, monitoring quality metrics, and leading cross-functional teams for continuous improvement. Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering and 5+ years of experience in technical engineering, manufacturing, or operations. | — | 0 |
| National Security & Resilience Director The Lead for National Security & Resilience will serve as the Brussels-based owner for Microsoft’s European initiatives related to national security, resilience, and defense modernization. The role is externally facing and focused on building trust, designing and executing strategic partnerships and initiatives with NATO, related organizations and selected national governments across Europe. It will lead Brussels-based workstreams on security and resilience policy engagement while acting as a key connector across EGA colleagues in European capitals - supporting local advocacy efforts and enabling coordination, alignment, and delivery across markets. | — | 0 |
| Senior Business Manager This role is for a Senior Business Manager within Microsoft Business Operations (MBO), focusing on strategic planning, business performance, Rhythm of Business (ROB), and operational/financial excellence for a global team. The role requires influencing leadership, driving initiatives, and possessing strong business, process, and financial acumen. Key responsibilities include strategic planning, ROB design, program management, performance management, financial planning, data analysis, executive communication, stakeholder management, change management, process design, and enabling AI transformation. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Program Manager This role is for a Critical Environment Program Manager responsible for the operational excellence of mechanical and electrical infrastructure in datacenters, ensuring service continuity, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement in safety, reliability, and efficiency. The role involves overseeing daily operations, maintenance, and driving safety and compliance within a datacenter environment. | — | 0 |
| Senior Data Center Technician This role is for a Senior Data Center Technician responsible for the preparation, installation, diagnostics, troubleshooting, and decommissioning of network and server equipment within Microsoft's global data centers. The role involves providing guidance to other technicians, ensuring quality execution, and maintaining awareness of performance indicators and safety protocols. It is a hands-on technical role focused on the physical infrastructure supporting cloud services. | — | 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 |
| Digital Account Executive (Swedish Speaker) Digital Account Executive for the Swedish Market at Microsoft, focusing on empowering Small, Medium, and Corporate (SMC) clients through Microsoft's cloud solutions and driving their digital transformation journey. The role involves managing a portfolio of accounts, identifying opportunities, orchestrating virtual teams, and collaborating internally and externally to achieve revenue targets and drive adoption of Microsoft products. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technicians Intern This internship focuses on data center technician roles, involving the installation, diagnosis, troubleshooting, and decommissioning of network, storage, and server equipment. The intern will learn data center policies, procedures, and safety protocols, contributing to the core infrastructure that powers Microsoft's cloud services. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician Microsoft Data Center Technician (DCT) role focused on the physical infrastructure of data centers, including equipment installation, diagnostics, troubleshooting, and decommissioning. The role involves following standard procedures, adhering to security and data management policies, and contributing to team efforts. It is an entry-level position with opportunities for training and career growth within Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) division. | — | 0 |
| Principal Technical Program Manager This role is for a Principal Technical Program Manager at Microsoft who will define and deliver a cross-division technical solution and program to improve product launch processes and customer experience. The role involves shaping strategy, translating business and technical needs into requirements, and orchestrating delivery across engineering, operations, and business stakeholders. It requires establishing program roadmaps, managing dependencies, leading execution from concept to launch, and using data to guide decisions and ensure quality outcomes. The role emphasizes partnering across divisions, influencing senior leaders, and delivering measurable impact at company scale. | — | 0 |
| Principal Quantum Systems Architect Seeking a Principal Quantum Systems Architect to define the architecture of scalable classical control and readout systems for large-scale quantum computing. This role focuses on system design at the quantum-classical interface, including compute platforms, communication fabrics, synchronization, and signal-processing frameworks. | — | 0 |
| Data Center Technician This role involves developing an understanding of standard processes for preparing, installing, diagnosing, troubleshooting, replacing, and decommissioning IT datacenter equipment under guidance. The technician will learn about infrastructure, security, and data management procedures within Microsoft's global data center operations, supporting services like Azure, Office 365, and Xbox. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Ops Technician This role is for a Critical Environment Technician responsible for maintaining the critical infrastructure of Microsoft's datacenters, including equipment maintenance, safety compliance, and incident response. It is not directly involved in AI/ML development. | — | 0 |
| Senior Site Reliability Engineer - CTJ - Top Secret Senior Site Reliability Engineer for Microsoft Defender, focusing on building and delivering cloud security solutions within US Government clouds. The role involves ensuring 24x7 service reliability, automating deployments, building scalable systems for monitoring and alerting, driving compliance and security, leading post-incident learning, and collaborating across teams to maintain high uptime and performance for critical services. | — | 0 |
| 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 |
| Senior Quantum Engineer - Cryo-CMOS Analog Circuit Design Seeking a Senior Quantum Engineer specializing in Cryo-CMOS Analog Circuit Design to develop control systems for quantum computing platforms. Responsibilities include designing, simulating, and validating high-performance CMOS circuits for cryogenic environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to system architecture and technical publications. | — | 0 |
| Finance Director, Data Center Investments and Deals Finance Director role focused on data center investments and deals, involving financial analysis, deal structuring, and portfolio strategy for Microsoft's cloud expansion. Requires leading a team and providing executive decision support. | — | 0 |
| Senior Critical Environment Technician - Day Shift This role is for a Senior Critical Environment Technician at Microsoft, responsible for monitoring and managing critical alarms in data centers, coordinating with local teams, and ensuring seamless performance. The technician will handle incident resolution, conduct root cause analysis, and oversee data center systems, CMMS application, and safety/security initiatives. The role also involves executive reporting and supporting decision-making. It requires experience in mission-critical services or specialized fields like mechanical or electrical systems, and the ability to work shifts. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Software Engineer -CTJ- Poly Senior Software Engineer for Microsoft Specialized Clouds Power Platform team, focusing on building, deploying, and operating Power Automate services in Air-Gapped and Sovereign Cloud environments. The role involves live-site ownership, incident response, service reliability, engineering system design, deployment automation, and product/feature support, with a strong emphasis on security, compliance, and operational excellence in regulated environments. | — | 0 |
| Account Executive Account Executive role focused on cultivating customer relationships, understanding their needs, and driving digital transformation to achieve business outcomes and sales for Microsoft. This involves strategic account planning, leading virtual teams, engaging with partners, and identifying upselling/cross-selling opportunities. | — | 0 |
| Principal Group Engineering Manager This is a Principal Group Engineering Manager role at GitHub (Microsoft) focused on leading software engineering teams, defining feature requirements, driving architecture, and ensuring operational excellence. The role involves people management, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and driving the delivery of production software. AI/ML is not the core focus of this role. | — | 0 |
| Sales Excellence Director Director of Sales Excellence for Microsoft Advertising in China, focusing on driving operational excellence, scalable solutions for sellers and partners, optimizing investments, and accelerating growth. This role involves partnering with sales leadership, collaborating with various internal teams (Sales, Marketing, Product, Engineering, Finance, HR, Legal), and leading business transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate is a seasoned leader with strong coaching, collaboration, and influencing skills, experienced in sales operations, data-driven decision-making, and people management. | — | 0 |
| Critical Environment Technician Intern Internship role for a Critical Environment Technician at Microsoft's datacenters, focusing on supporting cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities include operational tasks, learning system operations, monitoring equipment, using CMMS, assisting with emergency response, and documenting activities. Requires a High School Diploma and basic knowledge of electrical/mechanical systems, with preferred qualifications in Facilities Management or engineering. | — | 0 |
| Senior Electrical and/or Mechanical Technician / Technicien(ne) Electrique ou CVC Sénior This role is for a Senior Critical Environment Technician responsible for maintaining the critical infrastructure of Microsoft's datacenters. Responsibilities include coordinating with vendors, managing operational and safety situations, mentoring junior technicians, performing maintenance, responding to incidents, and monitoring equipment performance using telemetry. The role involves shift work and is crucial for delivering the core infrastructure for Microsoft's online services. | — | 0 |
| Materials Handling Technician/Logistics Technician This role is for a Materials Handling/Logistics Technician at Microsoft, responsible for managing incoming/outgoing deliveries, coordinating security escorts, documenting shipments, performing cycle audits, and handling warranty claims for hardware. The position involves inventory management principles, data bearing device destruction, and maintaining accurate records within inventory systems. It is part of Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) division, supporting global cloud infrastructure. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II & Senior Software Engineer Software Engineer II and Senior Software Engineer role focused on building and managing Microsoft's online identity providers for Azure, Office, Xbox, and Windows. The role involves leading the architecture, design, and implementation of extremely high scale, throughput, durability, and low latency services, with a strong emphasis on security, reliability, and continuous improvement of live site operations. This is a core engineering role within the Identity engineering team. | — | 0 |
| Senior Quantum Analog Mixed-Signal Verification Engineer This role is for a Senior Quantum Analog Mixed-Signal Verification Engineer at Microsoft Quantum. The primary focus is on developing quantum computing platforms by integrating high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum information technology. The engineer will be responsible for creating and defining system-wide Analog Mixed-Signal (AMS) models, simulation environments, and test plans for SoC and IP blocks, and coordinating with various teams to ensure high-quality design for scalable quantum systems. The role involves working with AI tools to drive innovation and efficiency, but the core craft is in quantum hardware and mixed-signal verification, not AI/ML model development. | — | 0 |
| Principal Global Solution Architect - Security This role is for a Principal Global Solution Architect focused on Security within Microsoft's Customer Experience and Success organization. The primary responsibility is to support customers in enhancing their security posture using Microsoft's security solutions. This involves providing thought leadership, influencing product roadmaps, developing intellectual property, evaluating customer security environments, and removing technical blockers in their security journey. The role requires deep technical knowledge of cloud security domains and hands-on experience with Microsoft Security products like SIEM, XDR, Data Security, Endpoint Security, Cloud Security, and Identity. | — | 0 |
| Senior Quantum Analog Layout Engineer Senior Quantum Analog Layout Engineer responsible for designing and delivering Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and analog circuitry for Microsoft's quantum computer. This role involves schematic-to-GDS layouts, coordinating junior team members and vendors, and utilizing EDA tools. | — | 0 |
| Principal Quantum Design Verification Engineer Principal Quantum Design Verification Engineer at Microsoft Quantum, focusing on developing verification infrastructure for quantum SoC and IP blocks. Responsibilities include defining pre-silicon simulation and post-silicon validation plans, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and managing verification environments. The role requires expertise in hardware design and verification, with a focus on ensuring high-quality designs for scalable quantum systems. | — | 0 |
| Communications Lead Communications Lead for Microsoft in Singapore, responsible for driving thought leadership and storytelling around AI and digital transformation. The role involves developing and executing an audience-first communications strategy, engaging with media and influencers, and creating customer stories that position Microsoft as a trusted partner. This role is focused on external communications and advising the country leadership team. | — | 0 |
| Logistics Technician This role is for a Logistics Technician in a Microsoft Data Center, responsible for inventory management, asset tracking, delivery coordination, and equipment returns. It involves cycle audits, documentation, and compliance with security and data management policies. The role requires a high school diploma and some experience in inventory or related fields, with preferred experience in IT logistics and operating heavy equipment. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer II Software Engineer II on the Azure Core Storage team, responsible for designing and implementing software components for the Storage Virtualization platform for Azure Virtual Machines. This includes device drivers, system software, installation and diagnostic tools, libraries, telemetry services, and testing, impacting trillions of I/O operations daily across hundreds of datacenters. | — | 0 |
| Technology Consultant M365 - CTJ -POLY This role focuses on pre-sales support and business development for Microsoft technologies, including cloud solutions and security. The Technology Consultant collaborates with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements, shape deals, and provide technical input for proposals and Statements of Work (SOW). They also act as an ambassador for intellectual property (IP) and identify opportunities to expand technology adoption. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineering Planning Coordinator - Quantum Systems Integration This role is for a Senior Engineering Planning Coordinator within Microsoft Quantum, focusing on leading Quantum Systems Engineering programs. The position involves end-to-end execution across complex, multidisciplinary engineering efforts at the intersection of high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, and quantum information technology. The coordinator will translate system architectures into executable plans, manage schedules, and drive cross-functional alignment for quantum computing systems integration, including qubit technologies, cryogenic infrastructure, control and readout, fabrication, packaging, and software integration. | — | 0 |
| Networking Technology Consultant-CTJ-TS/SCI This role is for a Networking Technology Consultant who participates in the pre-sale process, scopes projects, understands customer needs, communicates business value, implements mitigations for risks, manages schedules, and oversees implementation aspects. The role also involves acting as an ambassador for intellectual property, assisting in its creation, and identifying opportunities to expand the adoption of cloud and Microsoft technologies. It requires learning new technologies, adhering to security standards, and developing technical solutions with a security-first mindset. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Service Engineer- CTJ- Poly This role focuses on operating and improving Microsoft 365 services within sovereign cloud environments, emphasizing availability, compliance, and security. Responsibilities include incident response, monitoring telemetry, implementing scalable solutions, and collaborating across teams to ensure service health and customer satisfaction. The role supports the delivery of M365 services, including CoPilot, in highly regulated environments. | — | 0 |
| Technicien principal en environnement critique opérationnel/Critical Environment Technician This role is for a Critical Environment Technician (CET) in Microsoft's Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) team, responsible for maintaining critical datacenter infrastructure. Responsibilities include monitoring, inspection, maintenance, troubleshooting, safety enforcement, and developing operational procedures. The role supports Microsoft's cloud services like Azure, Office 365, and Xbox. | — | 0 |