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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Developer Experience Engineer II and/or Senior Developer Experience Engineer - A - **Company:** Microsoft - **Location:** Irving, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $119,800.0 - $234,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Online Services, C++ (Programming Language), CMake, Profiling, Continuous Integration, Programming Tools, Python (Programming Language), Performance Tuning, Productivity Software, Software Engineering, Supercomputing, Delivery Pipeline, Build Management, Containerization, Information Technology, Optimization Algorithms, Deployment Automation, Build Tools, Codebase, Atlassian Bamboo - **Published:** August 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88151163/1 ## About the Role Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Python OR equivalent experience., 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 thereafter., * 2+ years experience with C/C++ * Experience with modern build systems and tooling (e.g., CMake, Azure Pipelines, Bazel, Ninja) * Experience managing and organizing large C++ codebases. * Experience building and managing containerized workloads * Experience developing and publishing SDKs * Experience building developer tools and specifically developer tools for AI * Experience profiling and measuring performance * Experience implementing and optimizing AI workloads * Technical background and solid foundation in software engineering principles * Intellectual curiosity and an interest in learning new technologies * Cross-team collaboration skills and communication skills * A commitment to a diverse and inclusive workgroup culture #AIInfra Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $160,200 - $261,000 per year. ## Description The Artificial Intelligence Frameworks team (AIFX) at Microsoft develops the software used to optimize and deploy the world's most advanced AI models on Microsoft's AI supercomputers. The pace of innovation in AI is unprecedented, with new models, architectures, hardware platforms, and optimization techniques emerging continuously. To keep pace, our team must be able to develop, validate, and deploy our software quickly and reliably. We are seeking a Developer Experience Engineer II and/or Senior Developer Experience Engineer - AI Frameworks, to enhance and accelerate our software engineering work. This engineer will build and maintain development workflows, build pipelines, CI systems, containerized development environments, SDK packaging and release pipelines, AI performance dashboards, and software productivity tools that our team relies on to develop, test, and ship our software efficiently. Our culture is highly collaborative and we regularly partner with researchers, hardware architects, platform engineers, and other software groups across the company. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. Responsibilities In the role of Developer Experience Engineer II and/or Senior Developer Experience Engineer - AI Frameworks, you will be responsible for the following: * Design and build high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions. * Design and build developer tools & customer SDKs for novel hardware platforms. * Collaborate broadly across multiple disciplines from hardware architects to ML developers. * Identify requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, schedule deliverables. * Help establish and drive the adoption of outstanding coding standards and patterns and help enhance our inclusive engineering culture. * Implement and optimize CI/CD, deployment automation, and production readiness processes. ## Related Videos - [Profiling Symfony & PHP apps with Blackfire](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/265-profiling-symfony-php-apps-with-blackfire) - [Getting to Know Your Legacy (System) with AI-Driven Software Archeology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1437-getting-to-know-your-legacy-system-with-ai-driven-software-archeology) - [Code to Road in < 12 hours](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1082-code-to-road-in-12-hours) - [The Software Engineer 2030: From Coder To AI Orchestrator? - Patrick Schnell](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1825-the-software-engineer-2030-from-coder-to-ai-orchestrator-patrick-schnell) - [Enhancing Workload Security in Kubernetes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/356-enhancing-workload-security-in-kubernetes) - [Why your codebase lies to AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100281-why-your-codebase-lies-to-ai) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How Much Does a Software Engineer Make? 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