Overview We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who thrives on hands-on coding and problem solving to build the real-time data pipelines and serving systems that power large-scale ML models You will be directly responsible for designing coding and optimizing ETL pipelines GPU inference serving that ensure models get the freshest data and serve results with millisecond-level latency This role is ideal for someone who loves to write high-quality production code profile and debug performance bottlenecks and ship optimizations at scale while collaborating closely with applied scientists and other engineers 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 Responsibilities - Design code real-time ETL feature pipelines e g Flink or Spark Structured Streaming feeding online stores caches with strict freshness - Define and meet SLOs with OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana for metrics tracing and alerting - Implement robust queuing streaming with Kafka Pulsar - Optimized GPU inference services on Triton Inference Server or ONNX Runtime TensorRT - Profile optimize end-to-end CPU GPU utilization memory I O vectorization caching etc - Ship safely with CI CD - Collaborate with applied scientists on feature contracts embedding pipelines validation - Code reviews docs and mentoring Qualifications Required Qualifications - Bachelor s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to C C C Java JavaScript or Python - OR equivalent experience - Production experience with streaming frameworks Flink or Spark and messaging Kafka - Hands-on with Kubernetes and containers comfort with service ops logs metrics scaling - Practical experience with GPU inference on Triton or ONNX - Runtime TensorRT model packaging runtime tuning batching - Performance tuning profilers flamegraphs concurrency networked services - Familiarity with observability stacks Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry - Tech stack ML Sys Flink Spark Kafka Azure Kubernetes Triton ONNX OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana GPU inference OpenAI Models Other Requirements 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 thereafter Preferred Qualifications - Master s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6 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 8 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to C C C Java JavaScript or Python - OR equivalent experience - Experience with real-time feature stores or embedding pipelines - Prior contributions to GPU batching dynamic scheduling or multi-model serving - 6 years building distributed systems in production 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 Benefits perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work MicrosoftAI 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 chance 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

📌 Senior Software Engineer (Karnataka)
🏢 Microsoft
📍 Karnataka