The GenAI revolution has accelerated the need for advanced retrieval systems that power Copilot style applications combining large language models with external data. In Azure, Azure AI Search is the go-to solution for these scenarios.
Requirements
- 1+ years experience with one or more of the following Distributed systems, Artificial Intelligence, Backend Development
- Coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C-Sharp, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- Hands-on Agile Development experience and proficiency in tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, or others.
- Background or practical experience in Information Retrieval, Vector Databases or Large Language Models for real-world applications.
- Demonstrated ability to design and deliver fault-tolerant, high-availability services.
- Intellectual curiosity and learning mindset with track record of applying emerging technologies to complex problems
- Experience with Azure services like Azure OpenAI, Azure ML, and Logic Apps.
Responsibilities
- Develop connectors to integrate with diverse customer data sources and seamlessly ingest content into Azure AI Search indexes.
- Enrich the ingested content with AI/ML capabilities by generating vector embeddings for text and images, extracting key phrases, and transforming unstructured data into structured, meaningful representations.
- Help transform traditional search indexes into intelligent AI indexes.
- You should have a solid understanding of the software development cycle and will use data and experiments to inform decisions.
- You’ll write secure, reliable, scalable, and maintainable code, and then effectively debug it, test it, and support it in production.
- System design through well-defined interfaces across multiple components, code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions.
- Maintain operations of live service as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis.
Other
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
- Ability to communicate and collaborate and to work effectively across teams and with customers.
- Travel 0-25%
- 3 days/week in-office
