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# Forward Deployed Engineer

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $119,800.0 - $234,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Online Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Software Systems, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Information Technology
- **Published:** June 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/48ac9fa5-91ff-4361-a958-f1ff197c0fd5

## About the Role

Ideal candidates will have a balanced combination of theoretical AI knowledge and practical software development experience, enabling them to design, develop, and deploy sophisticated software systems at scale, with an experimentation and iterative mindset. Candidates for this role should also demonstrate customer passion, a bias for action, and an ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries., * 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++, 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:

 * This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter., * Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
 * Competence with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code.
 * Solid understanding and successful demonstration of system security, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
 * Practical Experience with AI/LLMs: Experience designing and implementing ML/LLM-based solutions in production environments.
 * Experience leveraging generative AI technologies to develop innovative and user-focused product features.
 * Capable of optimizing, prompting and finetuning AI-based solutions for performance, accuracy, and scalability.
 * Experience coaching and growing engineers within the team.

## Description

This role involves crafting user-facing features powered by Generative AI while taking full ownership of their development from inception to delivery, ensuring exceptional quality and seamless implementation. You'll be working closely with some of the world's most recognizable brands, helping them catapult into the AI transformation era.


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