The Principal Software Engineer - Responsible AI role at Microsoft focuses on building customer-facing AI services with a strong emphasis on scalable architecture and high performance. The position is part of the CoreAI organization, which is integral to Azure AI innovation and encompasses various Microsoft products. The successful candidate will collaborate with a talented team of engineers, scientists, and product managers to design and integrate new AI services. This role is pivotal in ensuring the development of responsible AI solutions that meet high availability and robustness standards.

• 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, Go, or Python.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
• 6+ years of technical engineering experience designing and delivering highly available, large-scale cloud services and distributed systems.
• 4+ years of technical engineering experience with machine learning model development, release, and operations.

• Design and develop large-scale distributed cloud services and solutions with a focus on high availability, scalability, robustness, and observability.
• Lead project development across the organization and work with subject matter experts and stakeholders to drive development and release plans.
• Evaluate alternative architectures and technologies that best fit the business requirements and service KPIs.
• Take end-to-end responsibility for the development lifecycle and production readiness of the services you build and drive the team’s DevOps culture.
• Drive and uphold the best practices of modern software engineering through code and design reviews and take effective service decisions based on data and telemetry.
• Understand Microsoft businesses and collaborate with stakeholders towards cohesive, end-to-end experiences for Microsoft customers.
• Embrace a growth mindset and stay up to date with the current and state-of-the-art technologies to improve customer experience and better serve the product’s business needs.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.