Senior or Principal Build Engineer- AI Frameworks

Microsoft Corporation

Redmond, WA

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
$142,800–$274,800 Per Year
SKILLS
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Background Investigation, Best Practices, Build Management, C Programming Language, C++ Programming Language, CMake, Cloud Computing, Computer Science, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Docker, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, GitHub, Hardware Configuration Management, Integrated Circuits (ICs), Machine Learning, Mentoring, Microsoft Bing Search Engine, Microsoft Product Family, Microsoft Windows Azure, Microsoft Windows Operating System, Mobile Devices, Product Packaging, Programming Languages, Python Programming/Scripting Language, RPM, Release Management/Engineering, Software Engineering, Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), Supply Chain, Systems Administration/Management, Systems Maintenance, Team Player, Vehicle Fleets
LOCATION
Redmond, WA
POSTED
30+ days ago
**Overview** The AI Frameworks team at Microsoft builds the foundational software that powers advanced machine learning across all major Microsoft products-including Windows, Office, Bing, and more. Our work bridges the latest AI models and diverse hardware, enabling seamless AI experiences from supercomputers to mobile devices. The Senior or Principal Build Engineer- AI Infrastructure role targets build and release management engineers. As a member of the Engineering Systems team, you will focus on CICD (Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery), build efficiency and speed, packaging, cloud security, and package deployment. You will provide workflow improvements and stability to enable the AI Frameworks team to do more, faster, and with high confidence across an array of hardware SKUs and programming languages. This is a technical role: it requires hands-on design and development skills. We seek candidates with hands-on experience building and maintaining infrastructure for large-scale C++ and/or Python projects ideally hosted in Github or Azure DevOps. We foster a collaborative, growth-oriented environment where engineers are empowered to innovate and share knowledge. An entrepreneurial approach and ability to take initiative and move fast are essential. 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. **Responsibilities** As a build engineer, the common tasks of the job would include, but not be limited to: + Design, develop, and maintain packaging systems and infrastructure for maintainable and secure releases. + Design, develop, and maintain build infrastructure for correctness, speed, and developer productivity. + Define guidelines and best practices for organizing mono-repos as well as multi-repos for day-to-day workflows as well as release cycles. + Design, develop, and maintain CICD workflows in Azure DevOps and Github. + Maintain and update fleets of underlying infrastructure for different hardware SKUs to run automation workloads on. + Mentor and guide engineers to produce extensible, maintainable code used across Microsoft. + Proactively seeking new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers. **Qualifications** Required/Minimum qualifications + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, or Python OR equivalent experience. 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. Additional or 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++, 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++, or Python + OR equivalent experience. + Experience generating and releasing public nuget, pypi, npm, dpkg, or rpm packages. + Experience with governance for ensuring a secure supply chain for package generation. + CICD experience in Github or Azure Devops across a number of platforms and hardware configurations. + Experience with build optimization for python and C++ projects. + Experience with design and implementation of large CMake projects. + Experience with docker and dockerization. \#aiinfra Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $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 $165,600 - $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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COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Other/Not Classified
FOUNDED
1975
WEBSITE
http://www.microsoft.com