Microsoft
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - RAI
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years technical engineering experience; preferred qualification states 5+ years with a Master’s or Doctorate degree, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs, builds, deploys, and scales production machine learning systems, translating research and models into reliable product capabilities with a focus on AI safety and Responsible AI.
What you'll do
- Build and operate production systems for machine learning training, evaluation, and inference.
- Own complex engineering projects from design through deployment; develop reusable infrastructure and services.
- Partner across science and engineering teams, contribute to architecture, and incorporate security, privacy, safety, and Responsible AI.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Experience with machine learning infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale production ML workloads.
- Demonstrated interest or experience in AI safety and Responsible AI.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python
AI focus
Builds production machine learning systems and supports the safe, reliable, and responsible development and deployment of AI capabilities.
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