Member of Technical Staff, Developer Experience
Microsoft | |
$139,900.00 - $274,800.00 / yr
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United States, California, Mountain View | |
Jan 18, 2026 | |
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Overview
Microsoft AI is looking for a Member of Technical Staff,DeveloperExperienceto help build the next wave of capabilities of our personalized AI assistant, Copilot.We'relooking for someone who will bring an abundance of positive energy, empathy, and kindness to the team every day, in addition to being highly effective. The right candidate enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. You will actively contribute to the development of AI models that are powering our innovative products. You will wear multiple hats and work on engineering, research, and everything in between. Your contributions will span model architecture, data curation, training and inference infrastructures, evaluation protocols, alignment and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), and many other exciting topics at thecutting edgeof AI. Microsoft AI is building foundational models to develop novel responsible and efficient artificial general intelligence. The foundational models require largecompute-capacity, and as a Member of Technical Staff,Developer Experience you will play a key role in strengthening the foundation of our machine learning development ecosystem.You'llbe responsible forimproving the CI/CD system that powers the entire training codebase, designing and building tools that streamline model training workflows, and enhancing our cloud infrastructure to ensure scalability, reliability, and efficiency.You'llalso help host andoptimizemodels for both inference and data generation use cases, enabling teams to iterate faster and deliver higher-quality results. As a key member of the core engineering team, you will contribute by introducing best practices that drive architectural improvements and shape the roadmap for critical software and hardware components. Your efforts will have a direct impact on achieving business objectives for a diverse user base and will help accelerate the next wave of AI-driven growth and innovation. Microsoft Superintelligence Team Starting January 26, 2026, MAI employees are expected to work from a designated Microsoft office at least four days a week if they live within 50 miles (U.S.) or 25 miles (non-U.S., country-specific) of that location. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary byjurisdiction. Responsibilities
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Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations. | |
$139,900.00 - $274,800.00 / yr
Jan 18, 2026