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Engineering Lead - Extreme Retrieval

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Bangalorefull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Hands-on engineering leadership role to define and build the shared engineering platform for large-scale retrieval research and deployment, bridging research and production across Microsoft products.

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture and long-term evolution of a shared engineering platform for retrieval systems.
  • Own the shared repository and codebase for retrieval methods, driving its architecture, extensibility, engineering quality and long-term health.
  • Work with researchers and partner engineering teams to integrate new retrieval methods into a reusable, scalable and well-structured codebase.
  • Improve the developer and researcher experience through clear APIs, examples, tooling and workflows.
  • Drive integration with downstream systems and partner teams so that retrieval methods can be adopted faster and more reliably.
  • Provide cross-team technical leadership, influencing engineering direction and quality standards across collaborating teams.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields.
  • Strong software engineering skills with a proven track record of designing, building, reviewing and maintaining high-quality code in large shared codebases.
  • Significant experience owning or building shared platforms, frameworks, repositories or ML systems used by multiple teams.
  • Strong communication and cross-team collaboration skills, with the ability to drive alignment.
  • High ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to independently drive ambiguous technical problems to completion.

Skills

Required:Architecture and platform ownershipCodebase leadershipCross-team collaboration

Benefits

  • (Not explicitly listed in the description)
Last updated Jul 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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