The Principal Software Engineer - Responsible AI role at Microsoft involves building customer-facing AI services with a focus on scalable and sustainable architecture. The position is part of the CoreAI organization, specifically within the Responsible AI group, which aims to identify and mitigate risks in AI-generated content. The engineer will collaborate with a talented team to design new AI services and integrate them with existing offerings. This role emphasizes high performance, low latency, and high availability in AI solutions.

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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

• 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.