Come join the Cognitive Search team in the Azure AI Platform division as we build an AI powered Knowledge Mining platform.

As the volume of content produced worldwide skyrockets, now more than ever we need the ability to understand the meaning and relationships locked away inside it by using advanced Knowledge Mining techniques. Microsoft is at the forefront of the industry working to allow any developer to seamlessly integrate advanced AI content understanding into any application and service.  On this team, you’ll work with world class Software Engineers and AI developers building Azure Cognitive Search.  Azure Cognitive Search is an Azure service that uses AI to turn any content (documents, images, video, etc) into structured data and relationships that powers Search, Analytics and Graph workloads.

As a team we have a track record of building successful services infused with AI based Azure services used by tens of thousands of customers across the world. We are proud of what we build and how we build it. We run lean, obsess about customers and use an evidence-based approach to decision making. Every single week we have many conversations with customers to keep our product grounded in customer value and scenarios. We ship new bits continuously, so your work will impact customers in a few days, not months or years. We also have a strong service culture and run a great live site.

Our team consists of people from a wide variety of backgrounds, different professional and life experiences. We maintain and grow that diversity what makes us better at building the best solutions for our customers while having a blast doing it! Core to our team culture is the belief that you must have a ‘people-first’ approach to sustainably building and running 24x7 cloud services. This means we support each other to build things the right way, only work sane hours, enjoy our vacation time and take advantage of our paid parental leave!

Responsibilities

We’re looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about building services that power the next generation of AI powered cloud services. Core to the role is backend service development for high scale and highly available AI processing services.  Additionally, you'll be responsible for helping define new ways to perform knowledge extraction and knowledge representation from any type of content. This role requires a mix of strong development ability as well as a passion for AI and solving cloud scale problems. 

If you are a Software Engineer with a track record of delivering solid engineering work and have a passion for learning, this is a great opportunity for you to take the next step in your career and be a part of the Azure AI Platform.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required
• 1+ years of Software Development experience with at least two years of experience developing cloud services
• Experience developing cloud software services and an understanding of design for scalability, performance and reliability
• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Strong background working in c#, java or c++

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong design and coding skills with the ability to pick up new languages, tools and design patterns as needed
• Ability to work effectively both autonomously and in teams
• Customer focus: comfortable communicating with customers through blogs, twitter, etc. Seek out and respond to feedback through various mediums
• Experience with AI is a plus

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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