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Software Engineering INTERN

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Software Engineering INTERN

internshipPosted: Aug 7, 2026Updated: Aug 27, 2026IL

Job Description

OverviewMicrosoft Specialized Clouds (MSC) AI Innovation is an AI-first team that incubates, builds, and accelerates solutions aligned with Microsoft’s business priorities for sovereign and regulated cloud environments. We specialize in “0 to 1” work, taking ideas from concept to MVP and evolving them into scalable, production-ready solutions. As a Software Engineer Intern in the MSC IL AI Innovation team, you will contribute to the design, development, testing, and delivery of AI-powered features and services for Microsoft Specialized Clouds organization. You will work with mentors and engineering team members to build reliable, secure, and responsible software, while learning modern AI engineering practices across prompts, retrieval, agents, evaluation, observability, and cloud-native development. This internship is designed for entrepreneurial, creative, and highly motivated students who are passionate about building AI-native products, taking ownership in ambiguous “0 to 1” environments, and using AI throughout the engineering lifecycle to solve complex, high-impact problems in sovereign and regulated cloud environments. ResponsibilitiesDevelop, test, debug, and maintain software components for AI-powered products, services, or internal tools. Contribute production-quality code that is maintainable, secure, performant, and aligned with team standards. Partner with mentors, engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand user requirements and translate them into engineering tasks. Contribute to AI features such as agents, tool/API integrations, prompt flows, retrieval workflows, evaluation harnesses, and monitoring capabilities. Help define and run tests, evaluations, and quality checks for AI behavior, including accuracy, relevance, groundedness, and reliability. Investigate issues using logs, traces, test results, and debugging tools, and incorporate feedback into improved solutions. Learn and apply engineering best practices across code quality, security, responsible AI, CI/CD, documentation, and observability. Document work clearly and share implementation details with team members to support continuity and knowledge sharing. Collaborate effectively with team members in a dynamic, ambiguous environment; adapt quickly across technologies, stacks, and engineering tasks; proactively seek and incorporate feedback; and contribute to shared goals while building technical depth. QualificationsRequired qualifications Currently pursuing an M.Sc. or M.A. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, with at least 3 semesters remaining Programming experience in one or more general-purpose languages such as Python, C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++, or similar. Understanding of core computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, software design, and debugging. Ability to communicate clearly, collaborate effectively, adapt across technologies and engineering tasks, and learn quickly in a team environment. Preferred qualifications Currently pursuing a Doctorate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, with at least one semester/term remaining after the internship. 1+ year of programming experience. 6+ months of experience delivering projects in teams, through coursework, internships, open-source work, research, or personal projects. 1+ year of experience developing and applying data structures and algorithms. Familiarity with AI, machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, agents, retrieval-augmented generation, prompt engineering, or evaluation methods. Basic familiarity with cloud platforms, REST APIs, SDKs, CI/CD, telemetry, or observability. Interest in responsible AI, security, reliability, and building software for regulated or sovereign cloud environments. Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset, creativity, initiative, ownership, and persistence in identifying meaningful problems, exploring unconventional solutions, and turning ambiguous ideas into tangible outcomes in “0 to 1” product spaces. 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.

Locations

  • IL

Skills Required

  • oneintermediate
  • cloud platformsintermediate

Required Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing an M.Sc. or M.A. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, with at least 3 semesters remaining (degree in m)
  • Currently pursuing an M.Sc. or M.A. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, with at least 3 semesters remaining (degree in m)
  • Programming experience in one or more general-purpose languages such as Python, C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++, or similar. (experience)
  • Programming experience in one or more general-purpose languages such as Python, C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, C++, or similar. (experience)
  • Understanding of core computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, software design, and debugging. (experience)
  • Understanding of core computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, software design, and debugging. (experience)
  • Ability to communicate clearly, collaborate effectively, adapt across technologies and engineering tasks, and learn quickly in a team environment. (experience)
  • Ability to communicate clearly, collaborate effectively, adapt across technologies and engineering tasks, and learn quickly in a team environment. (experience)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Currently pursuing a Doctorate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, with at least one semester/term remaining after the internship. (experience)
  • Currently pursuing a Doctorate in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field, with at least one semester/term remaining after the internship. (experience)
  • 1+ year of programming experience. (experience, 1 years)
  • 1+ year of programming experience. (experience, 1 years)
  • 6+ months of experience delivering projects in teams, through coursework, internships, open-source work, research, or personal projects. (experience)
  • 6+ months of experience delivering projects in teams, through coursework, internships, open-source work, research, or personal projects. (experience)
  • 1+ year of experience developing and applying data structures and algorithms. (experience, 1 years)
  • 1+ year of experience developing and applying data structures and algorithms. (experience, 1 years)
  • Familiarity with AI, machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, agents, retrieval-augmented generation, prompt engineering, or evaluation methods. (experience)
  • Familiarity with AI, machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, agents, retrieval-augmented generation, prompt engineering, or evaluation methods. (experience)
  • Basic familiarity with cloud platforms, REST APIs, SDKs, CI/CD, telemetry, or observability. (experience)
  • Basic familiarity with cloud platforms, REST APIs, SDKs, CI/CD, telemetry, or observability. (experience)
  • Interest in responsible AI, security, reliability, and building software for regulated or sovereign cloud environments. (experience)
  • Interest in responsible AI, security, reliability, and building software for regulated or sovereign cloud environments. (experience)
  • Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset, creativity, initiative, ownership, and persistence in identifying meaningful problems, exploring unconventional solutions, and turning ambiguous ideas into tangible outcomes in “0 to 1” product spaces. (experience)
  • Demonstrated entrepreneurial mindset, creativity, initiative, ownership, and persistence in identifying meaningful problems, exploring unconventional solutions, and turning ambiguous ideas into tangible outcomes in “0 to 1” product spaces. (experience)
  • This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. (experience)

Responsibilities

  • Develop, test, debug, and maintain software components for AI-powered products, services, or internal tools.
  • Develop, test, debug, and maintain software components for AI-powered products, services, or internal tools.
  • Contribute production-quality code that is maintainable, secure, performant, and aligned with team standards.
  • Contribute production-quality code that is maintainable, secure, performant, and aligned with team standards.
  • Partner with mentors, engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand user requirements and translate them into engineering tasks.
  • Partner with mentors, engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand user requirements and translate them into engineering tasks.
  • Contribute to AI features such as agents, tool/API integrations, prompt flows, retrieval workflows, evaluation harnesses, and monitoring capabilities.
  • Contribute to AI features such as agents, tool/API integrations, prompt flows, retrieval workflows, evaluation harnesses, and monitoring capabilities.
  • Help define and run tests, evaluations, and quality checks for AI behavior, including accuracy, relevance, groundedness, and reliability.
  • Help define and run tests, evaluations, and quality checks for AI behavior, including accuracy, relevance, groundedness, and reliability.
  • Investigate issues using logs, traces, test results, and debugging tools, and incorporate feedback into improved solutions.
  • Investigate issues using logs, traces, test results, and debugging tools, and incorporate feedback into improved solutions.
  • Learn and apply engineering best practices across code quality, security, responsible AI, CI/CD, documentation, and observability.
  • Learn and apply engineering best practices across code quality, security, responsible AI, CI/CD, documentation, and observability.
  • Document work clearly and share implementation details with team members to support continuity and knowledge sharing.
  • Document work clearly and share implementation details with team members to support continuity and knowledge sharing.
  • Collaborate effectively with team members in a dynamic, ambiguous environment; adapt quickly across technologies, stacks, and engineering tasks; proactively seek and incorporate feedback; and contribute to shared goals while building technical depth.
  • Collaborate effectively with team members in a dynamic, ambiguous environment; adapt quickly across technologies, stacks, and engineering tasks; proactively seek and incorporate feedback; and contribute to shared goals while building technical depth.

Benefits

  • general: Flexibility: Balance what matters—your work, your life, and your team—through trust, autonomy, and shared accountability
  • general: Growth: Stretch your skills, expand your impact, and grow with support that meets you where you are
  • general: Wellbeing: Support for your body, mind, and financial future—so you can stay energized and do your best work
  • general: Community PCS: Find your people, build your network, and feel supported every step of the way

Travel Requirements

Less than 25%

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