Principal Software Engineer
Apply NowCompany: Microsoft
Location: Mountain View, CA 94040
Description:
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Frameworks team at Microsoft develops the AI software used to train and deploy the world's most advanced AI models. We collaborate with our hardware teams and partners to build the software stacks for Microsoft's next-generation supercomputers and the Maia AI accelerators. We work closely with ML researchers and developers to optimize and scale out model training and inference. We work directly with OpenAI on the models hosted on the Azure OpenAI service.
The team operates at the intersection of AI algorithmic innovation, purpose-built AI hardware, systems, and software. We are a cross-discipline team of highly capable and motivated people with a collaborative and inclusive culture and with a shared mission of supporting and driving our AI future.
As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to work on developing and evaluating core algorithmic and hardware technologies to enable large scale inferencing and training of the most advanced AI models on novel AI hardware.
This is a technical role: it requires hands-on software design and development skills. We're looking for someone who has a demonstrated history of solving hard technical problems and is motivated to learn new areas and tackle the hardest problems in building efficient AI systems. An entrepreneurial approach and ability to take initiative and move fast are essential.
#AIFX #OpenAI
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
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 for the role until September 18, 2024
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified appliants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family8 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.
The team operates at the intersection of AI algorithmic innovation, purpose-built AI hardware, systems, and software. We are a cross-discipline team of highly capable and motivated people with a collaborative and inclusive culture and with a shared mission of supporting and driving our AI future.
As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to work on developing and evaluating core algorithmic and hardware technologies to enable large scale inferencing and training of the most advanced AI models on novel AI hardware.
This is a technical role: it requires hands-on software design and development skills. We're looking for someone who has a demonstrated history of solving hard technical problems and is motivated to learn new areas and tackle the hardest problems in building efficient AI systems. An entrepreneurial approach and ability to take initiative and move fast are essential.
#AIFX #OpenAI
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate broadly across multiple disciplines from hardware designers to ML researchers.
- Engage with key partners to understand and evaluate performance/quality tradeoffs for state-of-the-art LLMs at different scales. Build software tools to support validation and exploration of new technologies.
- Perform software development in model scripting e.g. Python and kernel languages e.g. C/C++, CUDA.
- Identify requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, schedule deliverables.
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- 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.
- 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.
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Experience in training or serving Deep Neural Network models. Experience with Language Models and ML system optimization are a plus.
- A strong technical background and solid foundation in algorithms, software engineering principles, and computer systems.
- Great cross-team collaboration skills and the desire to collaborate in a team of researchers and developers.
- Strong communication skills (both written and oral)
- 4+ years' practical experience related to machine learning, including modeling, application, or system/kernel optimization.
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 for the role until September 18, 2024
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified appliants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family8 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.