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Redmond, WA; Mountain View, CA
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Overview
The Foundry IQ team is building the next generation of agentic knowledge retrieval combining enterprise knowledge with AI agents at scale.
We are expanding
Azure AI Search to address complex queries that require refinement, reasoning, and reflection, delivering high-quality, grounded results for both people and large language models. Our customers span a wide range of industries, data volumes, and mission-critical scenarios.
Design, build, and operate scalable backend services that integrate with internal and external language models.
Partner closely with Applied Science to turn research advances into reliable production capabilities.
Develop GPU-backed integrations that support large-scale production machine learning workloads.
Evaluate end-to-end production systems to ensure the quality, reliability, and performance of AI-powered experiences.
Advance knowledge retrieval and data-layer AI integration, including RAG, agentic retrieval, and LLM context engineering.
Determine where advanced reasoning models provide the most value and integrate low-latency models where speed is critical.
Work directly with customers and partner teams to solve challenging retrieval and AI problems.
You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of engineers, applied scientists, and product leaders, as well as teams across Microsoft—including Bing, Fabric, Work IQ, and Microsoft Research. We value diverse perspectives, customer obsession, technical excellence, trust, and close collaboration.
The ideal candidate combines strong distributed-systems experience with practical expertise in machine learning infrastructure, GPU-hosted model integration, and LLM context engineering. You should be comfortable partnering with Applied Science, navigating ambiguous technical challenges, and translating emerging AI capabilities into secure, dependable, and low-latency services at cloud scale.
If you are excited to work at the forefront of AI, improve how customers discover and use knowledge, and build globally distributed experiences on one of the world’s largest cloud platforms, the Foundry IQ team may be the right place for you.
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 $160,200 - $261,000 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.
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