Software Engineer Forward Deployed Engineer

Were entering a new era defined by the power of AI to transform how organizations operate and innovate. At Microsoft were building the next generation of AI-powered platforms and production-grade solutions that help customers solve complex challenges and create meaningful business impact.

As a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) youll work at the intersection of advanced technology and real-world customer outcomes. Embedded directly with customers youll partner closely with stakeholders to understand their most critical challenges and rapidly design build and deploy solutions that move from concept to production.

Working in small cross-functional teams alongside engineers data scientists product managers and domain experts youll own the end-to-end delivery of AI-powered production-grade applications data solutions and software systems. Youll apply modern engineering practices and the AI-enabled engineering practices across the development lifecycle to help customers accelerate decision making improve operations and unlock new opportunities.

Microsofts 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.

• Partner directly with customers and stakeholders to understand business challenges define success criteria and translate needs into technical solutions.
• Design build test deploy and operate secure reliable and scalable production-grade software systems and services that apply AI and data capabilities where appropriate.
• Rapidly move from concept to prototype to production iterating alongside customers to deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Build production-quality software that connects customer systems data and AI capabilities into reliable end-to-end solutions.
• Apply engineering best practices including code reviews automated testing CI/CD observability documentation and security-first development.
• Drive end-to-end ownership of customer solutions monitoring performance reliability quality and maintainability and continuously improving deployed systems after release.
• Collaborate across engineering data science product management design and customer teams to solve complex technical problems.
• Contribute reusable components reference implementations and best practices that can be leveraged across customer engagements.
• Share insights and learnings from customer deployments to help improve Microsoft products platforms and engineering practices.
• Foster a culture of learning inclusion innovation and continuous improvement while contributing to the growth of the broader FDE community.
• Embody our culture and values.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including but not limited to C C C# Java JavaScript or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1 year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to C C C# Java JavaScript or PythonOR Masters Degree (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including but not limited to C C C# Java JavaScript or PythonOR equivalent experience.
• Experience through coursework projects internships or employment building software data cloud or AI-enabled solutions.
• Interest in working directly with customers and supporting solutions from early concept through deployment and ongoing improvement.
• Familiarity with AI or machine learning concepts cloud platforms data pipelines application development or deploying technical solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders learn in ambiguous environments and communicate clearly.

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Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85400 - $168100 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 $111100 - $183700 per year.

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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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