Senior Software Engineer in MT
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 01, 2024 | |
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OverviewIf you are curious about the role of AI in tech, and translation specifically, this is the job for you. The Machine Translation team uses large scale deep learning models to deliver translations that help billions of users overcome language barriers. Our engineering team incorporates research breakthroughs into an Azure Cognitive service that powers translation in Microsoft applications like Bing, Edge, Teams and Office, as well as thousands of companies to translate everything from social media content to documents. This team is a unique blend of 'research' and 'product'. We are looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer in MT to join our team. We're a small, agile team, light on pigeonholes, big on autonomy. We've recently completed migration to Kubernetes and are still figuring out the micro-services world. We strive to stay current with the latest engineering tools and practices like Git, VSO, Cloud Build, frequent releases. Most of our codebase is in C#. This position is focused on the backend service that hosts the translation models. It involves solving runtime problems for a production cloud service such as deployment, performance, memory usage, scheduling, queuing, automation as well as close collaboration with research to productize the latest breakthroughs. This could involve changes in tokenization, Unicode normalization, safe translations, tag consistency in output and other pre and post processing steps. 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positivelyimpactour culture every day.
ResponsibilitiesDevelop new features without breaking any of the existing onesOwn backend features from design through implementation, testing, deployment and maintenanceCollaborate with researchers, engineers and pm's to build improvements customers loveOtherEmbody our Culture and Values | |