Software Engineer: Microsoft AI Development Acceleration Program

Come build community, explore your passions, and do your best work at Microsoft. This opportunity as a Software Engineer will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential and excitement for the journey ahead. 

Microsoft is dedicated to transforming Azure into a global AI supercomputer, enabling the responsible development of cutting-edge foundational AI. This includes large language models (LLMs) designed to empower people to harness the world's knowledge, revolutionize interactions with technology, and enhance user experiences. 

To solidify our leadership in AI, Microsoft has launched a groundbreaking program to develop the next generation of leaders in this field. Over the course of two years, participants will work in interdisciplinary project teams to provide AI as a service to engineering teams across Microsoft and solve some of our most exciting and challenging problems. In addition, you will have mentors, exposure to leaders, and access to numerous AI applied scientists, researchers, and engineers across the company. After completing the program, participants have the opportunity to join one of the sponsoring product teams and further accelerate their careers at Microsoft. 

MAIDAP Software Engineers have the opportunity to leverage and implement cutting-edge AI technology to meet product needs, advancing the state-of-the-art both internally and externally. They act as the bridge between research and development (R&D), blending techniques from both domains to drive data-driven, research-based innovation from theory into practice. This role involves close collaboration with product managers and applied scientists in MAIDAP, and partnering product and technology teams across Microsoft. 

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.

Please note that this position has a single start date in July 2026, candidates must be available to start full-time in July 2026. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate earlier start dates. 

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Required Qualifications: 

• 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.  
• Candidates must be available to start full-time in July 2026.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience 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 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in database systems and systems engineering.  
• Experience in designing and developing high-scale distributed systems is a plus.  
• Knowledge of cloud environments, machine learning, data visualization, and AI is a plus. 
• Energized by creating AI solutions that can positively impact the work and lives of millions of people and excited by the prospect of working on a wide variety of datasets and AI applications, across many products and engineering teams.  

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.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Participate in the design and the implementation of AI solutions for Microsoft’s products and services.  
• Test and review all new and modified code and data pipelines.
• Build out new API infrastructure, endpoints, and data pipelines, as necessary.  
• Build reporting and monitoring mechanisms into our solutions.  
• Analyze technology industry and market trends and choose their potential impact on the solutions. 
• Develop patterns, standards, and guidelines necessary to uphold our design principles and maintain integrity of the product architecture.  
• Participate in key project design reviews.  
• Collaborate with partner teams for code integration and with product managers to translate functional requirements into working solutions.  
• Patent and publish relevant IP and scientific research.