Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer- AI Frameworks
$120K–$261K
United States · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding; equivalent experience is accepted.
- Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Builds and operates AI framework and performance systems, optimizing large language model workloads and delivering production tooling across cloud and hardware platforms.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, test, and operate components across AI frameworks, runtimes, benchmarking, performance tooling, and service integrations.
- Benchmark, profile, debug, and optimize LLM training and inference workloads across GPUs and Microsoft hardware.
- Build automation and observability, and deliver scoped engineering projects in collaboration with research, model, infrastructure, and hardware teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C++, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- Expertise in accelerator programming and kernel optimization using CUDA, Triton, or comparable technologies; performance profiling and benchmarking experience.
- Familiarity with vLLM, SGLang, or equivalent inference frameworks; demonstrated technical ownership and cross-team collaboration.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python, CUDA, Triton, vLLM, SGLang, NVIDIA, AMD
AI focus
AI systems engineering focused on LLM training and inference performance, benchmarking, automation, observability, and hardware onboarding; preferred qualification includes effective use of AI-assisted development tools.
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