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Software Engineer II - AI Infrastructure

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Mountain View, CA / Redmond, WA$102.1k - $202.2kFull-timePosted 1w ago

About the role

Software engineer role in Cloud + AI team enabling secure, scalable, and high-performance AI experiences across multimodal verticals, including real-time audio interaction, image generation, video generation and AI safety systems. Contributes across the full technology stack, from APIs and platform services to inference infrastructure serving AI models at massive scale.

Responsibilities

  • Implement AI Systems: Design and build scalable, reliable architectures that meet high-performance requirements for AI systems including inference backends and API interfaces. Apply knowledge of distributed systems principles to create robust solutions.
  • Debug and Optimize Across the Stack: dive deep into existing components to identify and resolve issues quickly. Ensure fast turnaround for critical fixes while maintaining system integrity.
  • Collaborate Across Teams and Partners: work closely with multiple internal teams and external partners to solve complex problems, align on technical decisions, and deliver integrated solutions.
  • Innovate and Drive Technical Excellence: identify non-obvious technical approaches that unlock new possibilities. Architect and execute features with measurable goals, iterating rapidly to achieve outcomes.
  • Full-Stack Engagement: engage with components across the entire stack—from infrastructure to APIs—to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:Distributed systemsAPI designProgramming languages
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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