Microsoft is hiring for the role of Applied AI Engineer!
Responsibilities of the Candidate:
- Design and develop highly usable, scalable application capabilities, integrating AI models and enhancing existing features to meet evolving customer needs.
- Build and debug production-grade code in distributed systems
- Translate business requirements into AI solutions, collaborating with data scientists, product managers, and engineering teams to ensure alignment and impact
- Optimize AI model performance and reliability in production environments, including retraining, evaluation, and continuous monitoring.
- Own deployment, quality and operation of AI systems, including automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, deployment, and monitoring with strong MLOps and DevOps practices.
- Troubleshoot live site issues as part of both product development and live site support rotations, ensuring rapid resolution and learning.
- Ensure high reliability and performance of applications and services through intelligent monitoring, alerting, and proactive failover strategies.
Requirements:
- Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages C#, Java preferably.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- AI & Domain Expertise: Deep expertise in one or more AI domains, with a proven track record of deploying and scaling AI models in cloud environments.
- MLOps & LLMOps: Strong experience with MLOps workflows (CI/CD, monitoring, retraining pipelines) and familiarity with modern LLMOps frameworks.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Skilled in building and operating infrastructure using Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud, and deploying containerized models with Docker, Kubernetes, or similar tools.
- Engineering Excellence: Passion for building high-quality, reliable, and maintainable software with strong coding and debugging practices.
- Collaboration & Communication: Excellent verbal, written, and cross-team communication skills; a collaborative team player across time zones and diverse stakeholder groups.
- Experience with customers success, zero trust security and compliance
- Experience with proficient coding, debugging, and problem-solving skills
