Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

Microsoft is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to work on AI-powered features and solutions, collaborating with top brands to drive business outcomes in the AI transformation era.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
• Competence with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code
• Solid understanding and successful demonstration of system security, scalability, reliability, and maintainability
• Practical Experience with AI/LLMs: Experience designing and implementing ML/LLM-based solutions in production environments
• Experience leveraging generative AI technologies to develop innovative and user-focused product features
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including 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 C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
• Capable of optimizing, prompting and finetuning AI-based solutions for performance, accuracy, and scalability
• Experience coaching and growing engineers within the team

Responsibilities

• Crafting user-facing features powered by Generative AI with full ownership from inception to delivery
• Working closely with top brands to facilitate their transition into the AI transformation era
• Designing, developing, and deploying sophisticated software systems at scale with an experimentation and iterative mindset
• Demonstrating customer passion, a bias for action, and the ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries

Benefits

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect