Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsSenior Software EngineerIndia, Karnataka, BangaloreApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200043886Date postedJul 20, 2026Work site3 days / week in-officeTravelLess than 25%ProfessionSoftware EngineeringDisciplineSoftware EngineeringRole typeIndividual ContributorEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewOverview Business Group Overview The AI Platform organization at Microsoft builds the end-to-end Azure AI stack/PaaS and is core to Azure's innovation and differentiation, as well as all of Microsoft's flagship products, from Office to Teams, to Xbox. We are the team building Azure OpenAI, Azure ML, Cognitive Services, and the global Azure AI infrastructure for running the largest AI workloads on the planet. Within AI Platform, the AI Foundry team enables developers to quickly and easily build, train, deploy, manage, and consume machine learning models. Our Team is the backbone of this mission. The team designs, builds, and operates the largest scale engineering system in the industry for Large Language Models and GenAI Services. Key areas that we are working on   Building and Scaling our Inferencing Cloud across our flagships AOAI Service and growing the Model as A Service model Families.  Expand the Gen AI Model Offerings to more model providers, and best and latest models and provide a unified experience across AOAI and MAAS/MAAP for Azure AI customers. Job Purpose Overview Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we're dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world. ResponsibilitiesResponsibilities As a Senior Software Engineer on our team, you will drive the design, development, and support of the platform that powers Azure Machine Learning and Azure OpenAI. You'll work across teams to help make the whole organization successful. Your responsibilities will include the following: Design, implement, and support scalable, reliable, high-performance services. Write clean and concise code with unit tests. Design, implement, and support new features as well as extend existing systems. Investigate live site issues and implement and deploy fixes. Participate in an on-call rotation. Drive quality engineering via code reviews and design discussions. Build and champion AI-powered and agentic automation to eliminate manual toil and improve engineering efficiency. QualificationsQualifications (Required and Preferred) 10+ years of experience writing production code in building internet-scale services and distributed systems. Ability to debug, read code, and work on a large and increasing codebase. Engineering knowledge of machine learning systems and data pipelines. Experience mentoring other developers, working with partners, and being a team player. Excellent communication, ability to collaborate with diverse remote teams and presentation skills. Experience with large-scale distributed systems design and implementation  Passion for machine learning, artificial intelligence and agentic solution. Familiarity with Azure is a plus  Other Requirements: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  This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days,...