The Principal Silicon Performance Architect will be part of a small, agile engineering team focused on enhancing artificial intelligence performance through micro-architecture exploration and workload validation. This role involves collaborating with chip and system architects as well as inference software engineers to drive data-backed design decisions. The architect will be responsible for performance modeling and analysis of AI workloads, translating architectural ideas into simulator implementations, and providing guidance for architecture and product decisions. The position emphasizes a culture of inclusion and collaboration within Microsoft.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C/C++ and Python or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

• Extend and adapt simulation infrastructure to model new micro-architecture innovations for AI inference.
• Analyze performance for current and forward-looking AI inference workloads across latency, throughput, and efficiency dimensions.
• Drive design-space exploration using AI-assisted workflows, automation, and large-scale experiment generation.
• Communicate performance insights clearly and influence architecture decisions through data-driven recommendations.
• Collaborate closely with chip, system, and software architects to propose, evaluate, and iterate on architectural variations.

• 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.