Principal Applied AI Engineer

Job Description

Microsoft Security is seeking a Principal Applied AI Engineer to join the Generalized Agents team, focusing on cutting-edge AI innovations and developing advanced AI solutions for securing digital technology platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C# AND Python OR equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience with LLMs and open-source GenAI frameworks, including agent-based orchestration, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and fine-tuning and evaluation
• Proficiency in writing production-quality software code in Python, C#, or other modern programming languages
• 5+ years experience developing software systems end-to-end
• 2+ years experience in shipping at least 2 large scale ML/AI-based services or applications on cloud platforms

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement training and solution pipelines for complex agentic AI systems
• Integrate RL-fine-tuned LLM based research prototypes into production-level platforms
• Collaborate and drive common design with senior technical staff of Microsoft Sentinel Graph, Copilot for Security, and other Microsoft Security products
• Act as a catalyst in accelerating the team’s transition to an AI-first mindset and development approach
• Serve as a thought leader in architecting advanced AI systems and agentic AI solutions with RL-fine-tuned LLMs

Benefits

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect