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Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) at Microsoft

Required Skills

pythongenerative aillmsdevopsci/cdcontainerizationinfrastructure-as-codesystem securitysoftware engineering

About the Role

Forward Deployed Engineer role at Microsoft focusing on building user-facing Generative AI features and bespoke AI agents. Responsibilities include full ownership of development from inception to delivery, working with major brands to drive AI transformation. Requires practical AI/LLM experience, software engineering skills, and a customer-focused mindset.

Key Responsibilities

  • Craft user-facing features powered by Generative AI
  • Take full ownership of development from inception to delivery
  • Ensure exceptional quality and seamless implementation
  • Work closely with world's most recognizable brands
  • Design, develop, and deploy sophisticated software systems at scale

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND significant years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
  • Competence with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code
  • Solid understanding and successful demonstration of system security, scalability, reliability, and maintainability
  • Practical Experience with AI/LLMs: Experience designing and implementing ML/LLM-based solutions in production environments
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements

Nice to Have:

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND significant years technical engineering experience
  • Capable of optimizing, prompting and finetuning AI-based solutions for performance, accuracy, and scalability
  • Experience coaching and growing engineers within the team

Benefits & Perks

  • Industry leading healthcare