Member of Technical Staff Responsible AI (CoreAI)
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New York City, NY - USA
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Job Summary
Core AI is at the forefront of Microsofts mission to reinvent how software is built. We believe that in the future everyone will be abuilderand CoreAI is creating the platforms tools and experiences that empower every builder to shape the future with AI.
The CoreAI organization brings together Microsofts industryleading developer products (such as GitHub andVSCode) with the worlds largest selection of cuttingedge AI models and tools through Microsoft Foundry. By unifying this ecosystem we enable developers and enterprises to build intelligent adaptive and transformative applications faster and more confidently than ever before.
Our team is also responsible for the trust and safety foundations that ensure everyone can build AI responsibly. We are innovating across the entire stack to help every builder create trustworthy safe and reliable AI experiences that scalefrom prototype to planetary workloads.
The Responsible AI Group focuses onidentifying measuring mitigating andmonitoringResponsible AI risks in AI-generated and human-generated content spanning text image audio video and multimodal content. Weinnovateacross the entire stack to help every builder createtrustworthyAI that scale.
We are looking for a Member of Technical Staff who is truly AInativesomeone who experiments constantly builds with modern AI tools for fun anddelivers impact through rapid iteration this role youll shape and ship highperformance highly available AI services that enable people to build and use AI responsibly.
What Were Looking For
A builder wholives and breathes AIyou regularly prototype experiment or ship features using modern AI tools frameworks and model APIs.
Experience working with generative AI systems (e.g. LLMs diffusion models multimodal models) including prompt engineering evaluation or finetuning.
Handson experience with AI-assisted coding tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot Cursor Claude Code).
Familiarity with Responsible AIand securityconcepts or strong interest in learning them deeply.
Experience working in fastpaced experimental environments (startups prototypes or incubation teams).
Comfort with taking ideas from ambiguous beginnings to production iterating fast with customer insights
Responsibilities
Prototype build and iterate on new Responsible AI tools and capabilities that make it simple for developers to build and deploy AI responsibly at scale.
Apply subject-matterexpertisein cross-product features collaborating withappropriate stakeholdersto drive project plans release plans and deliverables across multiple groups.
Proactively seek out new knowledge and adapt tonew trends technical solutions and patterns that improve the availability reliability efficiency observability and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations atscale andshare knowledge with other engineers.
Work effectively in a fast-paced product environment where rapid prototyping tight feedback loops and iterative learning are core to how we build.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
Bachelors 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.
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:
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstratedtrack recordof high-impactinnovation open-sourcecontributionsor publications.
Experience working on safety alignment or Responsible AI.
6 years of technical engineering experience designing and deliveringhighly available large-scale cloud services.
4 years of technical engineering experience with machine learningmodels.
Ability to navigate the company and influence and inspire peers in engineering and broad product development.
Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142800 - $274800 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 $188000 - $304200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165600 - $296400 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 $220800 - $331200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry citizenship color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information immigration status marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran or military status race ethnicity religion sex (including pregnancy) sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process read more about requesting accommodations. Required Experience: IC
position will be open for a minimum of 5 days with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
