Software Engineering IC3

The Bing Multimedia team is building the next generation of AI-powered visual discovery, helping people explore, understand, and make decisions through images at global scale. We develop the systems behind Bing Image Search and multimodal experiences across Microsoft's AI ecosystem.

As a Software Engineeron the Image Search Experience team, you will design, build, and improve services and product experiences that combine multimodal understanding, large language models, and scalable distributed systems. You will work closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and data scientists to deliver rich, responsive, and reliable visual experiences that help users search, explore, and interact with images in new ways.

This role is a solid opportunity to grow as an engineer while working on cutting-edge AI experiences used by millions of people worldwide. You will contribute to production systems end-to-end, learn from senior engineers and technical leaders, and help shape the future of multimedia search through high-impact engineering work.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

• Build and improve AI-powered image search experiences that better understand user intent and context.
• Develop and ship production features and services across key product and platform areas.
• Apply LLM and multimodal AI capabilities to improve relevance, usefulness, and overall experience quality.
• Help create intelligent, adaptive experiences that support user exploration and decision-making.
• Design and operate scalable systems with sold performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Use metrics, experiments, and user feedback to measure impact and guide improvements.
• Collaborate across engineering, product, design, and data science, while growing technical ownership and contributing to design and code reviews.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with 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 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience building and shipping production software.
• Experience with backend services, distributed systems, or cloud-based applications.
• Ability to design, implement, and maintain scalable and reliable software components.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled product development.
• Experience using data, metrics, or experimentation to drive engineering improvements.
• Experience building search, recommendation, or large-scale content discovery systems.
• Familiarity with LLMs, multimodal AI, or AI-powered product experiences.
• Experience with evaluation, experimentation, or quality metrics for user-facing systems.
• Background in image processing, computer vision, or content understanding.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively, share knowledge, and contribute to engineering best practices.
• Solid product sense and ability to balance user value, technical tradeoffs, and operational needs.

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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.