Software Engineer AI Data Platform - CoreAI

As a Software Engineer, you will work on the infrastructure and tools to support large scale model fine-tuning, evaluation, and inference., * Collaborates with senior engineers and researchers to build and optimize training infrastructure and tools for LLMs, SLMs, multimodal, and code-specific models.

• Designs, builds and improves the services with high scalability and reliability.

• Contributes to the deployment and monitoring of services in production environments.

• Participates in the efforts to deliver and improve engineering systems and practices to ensure service quality in complex cloud environments.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.

• OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years, * Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript or Python

• OR equivalent experience.

• Proven software development experience in C#, C++, Python, or similar languages.
• Reliable experience with containerization tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with production ML systems and concepts like model serving, caching, batching, and monitoring.
• Proven experience with distributed systems and cloud-based infrastructure.
• Proven experience with DevOps practices (CI/CD, automated testing, deployment, etc.).

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Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $109,000 - $180,400 per year.

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