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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Residency Programme - Researcher in Agentic AI Systems & Infrastructure Researcher in Agentic AI Systems & Infrastructure focusing on multiagent system designs, memory, communication, and orchestration using ML and systems techniques. Prototyping components for multiagent inference with system-level optimizations and exploring ML & systems codesign. Evaluating ideas through experiments and benchmarks. | AgentServe | 9 |
| AI for Science Residency - Machine Learning Resident Research scientist role focused on developing machine learning models for materials science, including generative models and potentially agent-driven research, with a strong emphasis on publications and interdisciplinary collaboration. | Post-train |
| 9 |
| Senior Applied Scientist Senior Applied Scientist focused on retrieval technologies for Microsoft 365 Copilot, specifically Search, Chat, and Agent experiences. The role involves designing, experimenting with, and evaluating retrieval and ranking systems, including semantic, dense, sparse, and hybrid retrieval, RAG, and LLM-integrated architectures, to enhance grounding, relevance, and reasoning for millions of enterprise users. | AgentServe | 8 |
| Cambridge Residency Programme: Next-Generation AI Datacentre Networking Microsoft Research Cambridge is seeking two researchers for a two-year postdoctoral program to advance the design and evaluation of next-generation datacentre networks specifically for AI training and inference workloads. The program involves two tracks: one focused on analytical modeling and simulation, and the other on systems implementation and experimental validation using advanced hardware testbeds. The goal is to publish research findings and influence future AI infrastructure strategy. | Serve | 8 |
| AI for Science Postdoctoral Researcher - Biomolecular AI & Experimental Data Integration Postdoctoral Researcher focused on integrating experimental biological data with machine learning models for biomolecular simulation and drug discovery. The role involves designing and scaling experimental datasets, developing methods to connect ML models with experimental observables, and creating closed-loop workflows between models and experiments. | Data | 8 |
| Senior Software Engineer Senior Software Engineer role focused on designing and delivering AI/ML/LLM-based solutions for enterprise customers, involving prompt engineering, RAG, deployment, operation, evaluation, and monitoring of AI systems using cloud platforms. | Agent | 7 |
| Principal Technical Program Management Specialist This role translates early-stage AI research from Microsoft Research and applied R&D into shippable cloud AI capabilities. The Principal Technical Program Manager will shape technical concepts into product roadmaps, drive execution with Azure engineering teams, and manage external suppliers. The role involves defining success criteria, technical bars, and launch criteria for moving research prototypes to general availability, and managing program structure, roadmap, schedule, and governance for multi-team efforts. It also involves closing the loop from production back to research by validating use cases and bringing customer feedback to shape future investments. | Ship | 7 |
