Drimva

Microsoft

Senior Applied AI Engineer

$120K–$261K

Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026

Location
Redmond, WA
Atlanta, GA
Experience
4+ years technical engineering experience with coding; equivalent experience is an alternative to the stated degree-and-experience qualification.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Designs, builds, and operates production agentic AI services that use Azure customer and support signals to diagnose and resolve issues, improve product quality, and reduce operational demand.

What you'll do

  • Analyze support and technical data to identify recurring Azure issues and gaps in diagnostics or documentation.
  • Build, evaluate, secure, deploy, and operate agentic AI services and integrations, improving them through production telemetry.
  • Lead technical delivery and collaborate across teams; mentor engineers and drive measurable customer impact.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience coding in languages including 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.

Nice to have

  • Experience building or integrating LLM-based systems, such as prompt engineering, RAG, or agent frameworks.
  • Background in customer support engineering, supportability, diagnostics, or customer-experience platforms is a plus.

Pay

USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)

Tools

C#, Python, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, Microsoft Agent Framework, CI/CD

AI focus

Build and operate agentic AI for Azure support and diagnostics, including LLM orchestration, RAG, agent workflows, evaluation, security, and human-in-the-loop capabilities.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)