Job Description

Microsoft's CoreAI organization is seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of cutting-edge retrieval systems for Azure AI. This role offers the opportunity to innovate within AI-driven applications and cloud infrastructure, contributing to the evolution of advanced retrieval systems and enhancing user experiences.

Requirements

Bachelor'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
10+ years of experience in programming languages such as C#, C++, Java, or Python (preferred)
5+ years building large distributed systems in a cloud environment (preferred)
Prior experience dealing with search engines (Elasticsearch, Opensearch) (preferred)

Responsibilities

Lead architecture design, testing, and security compliance for products.
Create design documents, oversee team efforts, and ensure test coverage, automation, and quality assurance.
Address system dependencies and enable cross-team collaboration.
Collaborate with stakeholders to identify user requirements, incorporate continuous feedback, and define critical metrics for product improvement and customer value.
Mentor others in producing high-quality, maintainable code.
Optimize, debug, and establish best practices.
Conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to standards and resolve issues proactively using telemetry and diagnostics.
Drive project planning, experimentation, and solution deployment.
Optimize implementations to meet business objectives and ensure safe deployments while considering broader system impacts.
Manage live service operations, resolve complex incidents, and create playbooks for issue resolution.
Implement telemetry and data analytics to monitor and improve system performance, reliability, and scalability.
Promote the use of developer tools and automation to enhance production and deployment processes.
Maintain compliance with security, privacy, and accessibility standards.
Stay updated on industry trends and regulations while fostering collaboration across teams to meet customer and partner needs.