The Principal Software Engineer role on the Image Search Experience team at Bing Multimedia focuses on building AI-native platforms that enhance visual discovery through multimodal understanding and large language models. This position involves defining technical direction and creating high-performance distributed systems to improve user interactions with visual information. The role emphasizes individual contribution and collaboration across various teams to deliver impactful AI experiences. Microsoft values a culture of inclusion and innovation, aiming to empower individuals and organizations globally.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Experience building search, recommendation, or large-scale information retrieval systems.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, multimodal AI, or AI-driven reasoning systems in production.
• Experience designing evaluation, experimentation, and quality metrics for AI-powered systems.
• Background in image processing, computer vision, or content understanding pipelines.
• Track record of mentoring engineers and driving engineering best practices at scale.

• Set technical direction for AI-powered image search, shaping how intelligent systems understand user intent.
• Own high-impact product and platform areas end to end, translating complex user needs into durable system designs.
• Apply large language models and multimodal AI in production, integrating reasoning and grounding capabilities.
• Enable intelligent, adaptive experiences, ensuring image search systems guide users through exploration and decision-making.
• Design and operate scalable platforms, driving high standards for performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Define success metrics and experimentation strategies, using data and user feedback to validate impact.
• Influence across teams and raise the engineering bar by partnering with product, design, data science, and platform teams.

• 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.