Overview

Microsoft AI is looking for a Member of Technical Staff, Pre-training Infra GPU to help build the next wave of capabilities for our personalized AI assistant, Copilot. We’re seeking someone who brings positive energy, empathy, and kindness to the team every day, in addition to being highly effective. The ideal candidate enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. You will actively contribute to developing AI models that power our innovative products. Expect to wear multiple hats—working on engineering, research, and everything in between. Your contributions will span model architecture, data curation, training and inference infrastructure, evaluation protocols, alignment, and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF), along with many other exciting topics at the cutting edge of AI.

Microsoft AI is building the training infrastructure that powers frontier-scale models and advances research toward humanist superintelligence. As a Member of Technical Staff, Pre-training Infra GPU, you will contribute to a fast-moving codebase enabling training at unprecedented scale. This role focuses on building and optimizing the software stack for massive GPU clusters. You will work closely with training teams to develop high-performance GPU kernels for frontier AI models. Profiling, benchmarking, debugging, and fine-grained optimization are core to this role, demanding both engineering rigor and creativity.

As a contributing member of the core engineering group, you will also bring best practices, drive architectural changes, and influence the roadmap for relevant software and hardware components. Your work will directly impact business goals and facilitate the next wave of growth and innovation in AI.

Our newly formed organization, Microsoft AI, is dedicated to advancing Copilot and other consumer AI products and research. The team is responsible for Copilot, Bing, Edge, and generative AI research. Come be part of the team shaping the future of personal computing.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

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 by jurisdiction.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, test, and optimize AI models in Python and CUDA C++ for large-scale GPU clusters.
Profile, benchmark, and debug performance bottlenecks across compute, memory, and networking subsystems.
Optimize collective communication libraries (e.g., NCCL) for emerging NVLink and InfiniBand topologies.
Collaborate with hardware teams to optimize for next-generation accelerators (NVIDIA, AMD, and beyond).
Gather data and insights to develop the pretraining compute roadmap. 
Care deeply about conversational AI and its deployment.  
Actively contribute to the development of AI models that are powering our innovative products. 
Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively.  
Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle.  
Embody our Culture and Values.

Qualifications

Required/minimum qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.

Preferred qualifications

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
Experience with GPU programming (CUDA, NCCL) and frameworks such as PyTorch.
Proven ability to profile, benchmark, and optimize performance-critical systems.
Experience in leading technical projects and supporting architectural decisions with data.
Experience building infrastructure for large-scale machine learning or generative AI workloads.
Deep expertise in networking (InfiniBand, NVLink), storage systems, or distributed training parallelisms.
Strong background in distributed computing and large-scale systems.
Track record of contributing to high-performance computing or large-scale AI infrastructure projects.

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:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

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.

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