Microsoft Developer Division is looking to enhance the productivity, satisfaction, and enjoyment of Go developers by developing AI-powered development workflows, traditional and AI-assisted tooling improvements for Go, and contributing to the Go open-source community.
Requirements
- 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, Go, Rust, C-Sharp, or other systems programming languages OR equivalent experience.
- 3+ years programming experience collaborating on software development in a group setting (professional or OSS community) AND experience working in software compilers or developer tools.
- 6+ months of experience using AI-assisted development tools with responsible AI principles (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Visual Studio IntelliCode, or similar) to enhance productivity and code quality.
- Experience applying AI technologies (such as large language models or code generation tools) in software development workflows, including tasks like static analysis, automated documentation, pattern recognition, compiler-assisted suggestions or test generation.
- 3+ years of experience working on developer tools for the Go programming language.
- Experience with code analysis tool development (static, dynamic, source, and/or binary-level)
- Experience with debuggers, profilers, or symbol format development.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the design and implementation of the Go compiler and tools ecosystem, including AI-enhanced developer experiences such as code generation, diagnostics, and performance analysis.
- Work with a combination of open and closed-source developer tools technologies, focused on delivering Go toolset improvements that integrate intelligent code assistance and AI-powered analysis.
- Represent Microsoft in the Go open-source community, sharing AI-related learnings and improvements where possible.
- Leverage your collaboration and communication skills to partner with internal teams on direction, priorities, and guidance around Go best practices and the responsible use of AI in development workflows.
- Explore new opportunities to incorporate generative AI, large language models, and other emerging technologies into compiler tooling, developer experience, and test automation.
Other
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
- This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
- Experience with customer focus and interest for shipping intelligent, high-quality commercial software.
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
- Consistent with applicable law, 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.
