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Design and build AI agents handling multi-step workflows, owning features from architecture through production deployment and live-site reliability. Requires 7+ years software development with 4+ years shipping AI/ML or GenAI features in production, proven AI agent building experience, and hands-on evaluation methodology expertise. Need Python or C# proficiency, strong AI system design fundamentals, and deep knowledge of prompt engineering, retrieval systems, and quality metrics. Azure experience and LLM observability tooling preferred.
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MSC (Microsoft Specialized Clouds) AI Innovation is an AI-first team that incubates, builds, and accelerates solutions aligned to Microsoft most critical business priorities within the Sovereign AI space. We specialize in “0 to 1” work - taking ideas from concept to MVP and later into scalable, production-ready solutions.
As a Senior AI Engineer in the MSC IL AI Innovation team, you will lead the design, development, and productization of advanced AI solutions for Microsoft Specialized Clouds, with a strong focus on sovereign-first, secure, and responsible AI systems.
You will operate as a technical leader, owning end‑to‑end AI architecture and delivery, influencing platform direction, and mentoring engineers while working closely with architects, product managers, security, and operations teams. This role goes beyond implementation; you will shape how AI is built, governed, and scaled across sovereign and regulated cloud environments.
Design and build AI agents that plan, use tools/APIs, manage state/memory, and reliably complete multi-step workflows.
Own AI features from design through production, including deployment, monitoring, and live‑site reliability, with an eval-first development lifecycle: define success criteria, build evaluation datasets and automated harnesses, and run human-in-the-loop reviews where needed.
Develop and maintain prompt, retrieval, and memory strategies (system prompts, few-shot examples, tool schemas, retrieval context) with proper versioning and evaluation coverage.
Debug AI behavior using prompt analysis, data inspection, and model/tool-call traces, and translate failure patterns into targeted improvements.
Establish and track AI quality metrics (e.g., accuracy, groundedness, relevance, hallucination rate) and integrate them into CI/CD release gates.
Optimize runtime performance and economics (token usage, inference cost, latency, caching, model selection/routing, batching) and implement monitoring and continuous improvement loops (online signals, drift detection, structured user feedback).
Partner with product, design, and domain stakeholders to define use cases, acceptance criteria, and rollout plans for AI features.
Live site responsibility
Required qualifications
You have at least 7+ years professional software development with at least 4+ years of software engineering experience in the AI space (e.g., building and shipping AI/ML or GenAI features in production)
You have proven experience with building AI agents
Hands-on experience with evaluation methodologies and integrating quality standards/guardrails into delivery.
Proficiency in Python and/or C#, with experience using REST APIs and SDKs.
Deep understanding of AI system design, including ML fundamentals, Generative AI concepts, and cloud-native architectures.
Preferred qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Strong context engineering and debugging skills across prompts, tool schemas, retrieval pipelines, and model behavior (not only code-level debugging).
Ability to work effectively with non-deterministic/probabilistic systems and design reliability despite variable outputs.
Proficiency in software engineering fundamentals (APIs, data structures, CI/CD, observability), applied to AI systems.
Azure stack: Experience shipping production-grade AI features (LLMs and/or classical ML), on Azure, with measurable quality metrics.
Experience with LLM observability/tracing and eval tooling, including building internal quality gates and optimizing inference cost/latency in real-time systems.
Experience with retrieval systems (indexing, chunking strategies, reranking) and grounding techniques.
Ability to govern AI outputs: define quality standards and guardrails, apply responsible AI practices, and put monitoring/evaluation in place to maintain reliability over time.
Experience in driving innovation and creating new initiatives from the ground up.
Proven ability to work independently, own large problem spaces, and collaborate across disciplines.
Ability to collaborate in a fast‑paced
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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Microsoft builds Windows, Azure, Office and the Copilot family of AI assistants, and operates one of the largest AI training and inference fleets in the world. Microsoft Research and the AI platform teams work across foundation models, systems for large-scale training, and applied ML in every product line.
Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, the company is also OpenAI's principal compute partner and ships AI tooling for developers through GitHub, VS Code and Azure AI.
184K – 290K
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