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Empower Every Learner. Shape the Future of Education with Microsoft AI. Hello future teammate! We're on quite the bold mission; we're building an AI companion that's truly empathetic, kind, and equal partners to our users. This isn't an assistant—it's a thoughtful collaborator that grows alongside the people they serve. We believe AI should elevate human potential through genuine connection and mutual understanding. You'll join our small team as a Prompt Engineer, the architect of these relationships. You'll craft the foundations that enable meaningful human-AI partnerships. You'll shape how our companions think, respond, and evolve through language—if you'll allow slight anthropomorphization, teach them how to be their best selves. You're somewhat of a designer, somewhat of an engineer, and somewhat of a mad scientist. You'll work intimately with the design and leadership team—because this is the product!—you're designing the core of the experience. This isn't just engineering—it's a profound exploration of what connection can mean in the age of artificial intelligence.
Job Responsibility:
Design & develop prompting techniques for emotional and intellectual use cases
Establish frameworks for AI companions to navigate complex social and ethical situations with nuance and care
Create evaluations to measure both technical/practical performance and non-deterministic performance like EQ
Teach others prompting techniques and ways-of-working to elevate the prompting skill throughout the team
Research & implement novel prompting techniques
Embody our culture and values
Requirements:
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
Chain-of-thought experience: prompting techniques that guide AI systems through reasoning processes
A novel prompting discovery: a really interesting challenge that you've solved in a creative way
Scaled implementation: you've shipping prompted systems that work reliably at production scale with diverse user populations
Evaluation design: you've built robust testing frameworks to measure AI behavior against goals
User-centric approach: proven understanding of how prompting decisions impact the lived experience of people who interact with AI
A wonderful writer who loves words, storytelling, or linguistics
Effective written communication skills: able to convey complex information clearly, concisely, and effectively for various audiences
Comfort with ambiguity in an exponentially growing space
Nice to have:
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
2+ years of experience with large language models
2+ years of experience working as a prompt engineer or similar field
A non-traditional background: philosophy, linguistics, psychology, therapy, or literature
An understanding of conversation design or product design
Familiarity with both quantitative metrics and qualitative assessment methods
Experience with personalization systems that adapt to individual user needs
Adversarial prompting experience or conducted some unhinged experiments
Ethical experience with demonstrated social impact