Software Engineer Foundry Agent

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

15h • $84,200 - $165,200

About The Position

This role involves fine-tuning OpenAI's most advanced models on Azure, including GPT-4.1, GPT-5, and beyond, utilizing techniques such as supervised fine-tuning (SFT) and reinforcement learning methods like DPO. The successful candidate will be hands-on with the techniques shaping the future of AI, playing a key role in improving the performance and reliability of customizing advanced AI models. This includes gaining experience with fine-tuning workflows, experimenting with reinforcement learning techniques, and applying advanced optimization strategies that directly impact product quality. The position also requires working directly with the training code, debugging complex behaviors, and sharpening skills to make cutting-edge models more reliable and effective. The models developed will power critical workloads at some of the world’s leading companies. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, fostering a culture of inclusion built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability. This role is targeting an immediate start date.

Requirements

• Bachelor's 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.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Dependable knowledge and practical usage of modern AI-assisted engineering tools—such as GitHub Copilot (including Copilot Chat), Visual Studio, VSCode, Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI Studio, and LLM tools—to support tasks like prototyping, debugging, test generation, documentation, and code review, paired with a strong ability to validate outputs and protect sensitive data.
• Reliable knowledge of machine learning systems and data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable with minimal supervision.
• Writes and learns to create code that is extensible and maintainable.
• Considers diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability with few defects, and understands when the code is ready to be shared and delivered.
• Reviews product feature code and test code to ensure it meets team standards, contains the correct test coverage, and is appropriate for the product feature.
• Supports efforts to use debugging, tests, tools, logs, telemetry, and other methods to proactively verify assumptions before issues occur for product features in production.
• Contributes to the identification of requirements for, and development of automation within production and deployment of a complex product feature, targeting zero-touch deployment when possible.
• Runs code in simulated, or other non-production environments to confirm functionality and error-free runtime for products with little to no oversight.
• Applies best practices to build code based on well-established methods and secure design principles while also applying best practices for new code development and formal validation of security invariants.
• Follows best practices for product development and scaling to customer requirements, and applies best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations and security promises.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees