Microsoft
Member of Technical Staff, Microsoft Robotics (Software Systems)
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Nov 3, 2026
- Experience
- Required: 6+ years technical engineering experience; equivalent experience accepted. Preferred alternatives: 8+ years with a Master’s Degree, or 12+ years with a Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent experience. Also preferred: 6+ years designing and building developer platforms, SDKs, APIs, or distributed infrastructure.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and builds Microsoft Robotics platform infrastructure—including SDKs, cloud services, edge runtimes, developer tools, and agent orchestration—to support interoperable robotics and AI workflows from development through deployment.
What you'll do
- Architect and implement robotics platform components and integration patterns across cloud and edge environments.
- Build robotics lifecycle data infrastructure and own security, compatibility, tenancy, and real-time performance concerns.
- Lead developer experience and technical direction, collaborating across teams and mentoring engineers.
What they ask for
- 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, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- 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 Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with those languages OR equivalent experience; 6+ years designing and building developer platforms, SDKs, APIs, or distributed infrastructure.
- Cloud-native systems, systems programming, robotics middleware or edge computing, ML infrastructure, simulation, multi-tenant platforms, agentic AI, or relevant open-source and published work.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base pay); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base pay)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Kubernetes, Azure
AI focus
Builds infrastructure for robotics AI and agent workflows, including model integration and serving, autonomy composition, data and ML pipelines, human-in-the-loop workflows, and coordination of agents with robots.
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