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Senior/Principal Software Engineer - Growth (CoreAI)

Microsoft

Location

Mountain View, CA, San Francisco, CA, Redmond, WA, New York, NY, Boston, MA

Type

Full-time

Posted

5/5/2026

Compensation

$119,800 - $304,200 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202696.0% approval-64% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

The Growth Engineer role at Microsoft focuses on building AI-first engineering systems that enhance developer experiences with AI. As part of the CoreAI team, you will drive experimentation and learning velocity, impacting how millions of users adopt AI technologies. This position emphasizes rapid shipping and scaling of successful initiatives while maintaining a commitment to responsible AI practices. You will collaborate with various teams to define best practices and improve growth strategies across high-traffic AI products.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
  • 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Experience building, shipping, and operating production services or client applications.
  • Proficiency in designing scalable, reliable systems that support rapid iteration and experimentation.
  • Experience supporting or driving experimentation (A/B testing) in production environments.

Responsibilities

  • Own growth through engineering excellence and experimentation.
  • Design, ship, and iterate on growth experiments across acquisition, activation, engagement, and retention.
  • Build and evolve A/B testing frameworks, metrics, and tooling to enhance experimentation quality.
  • Partner closely with Product, Data Science, Design, and Research to turn hypotheses into shipped learnings.
  • Use data and telemetry to guide decisions from experiment design to rollout strategy.

Benefits

  • 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.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Microsoft Corporation

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

503

FY2026

Approval rate

96.0%

FY2026

LCA certified

3,062

FY2026

Entry-level share

5.7%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-64%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-83%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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