The Principal Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure Engineering Systems role at Microsoft focuses on designing and implementing engineering platforms and developer tooling for AI services. The team is responsible for building the cloud platform and engineering infrastructure that supports scalable AI workloads. This hands-on position requires collaboration with AI researchers and product engineers to ensure high-quality solutions. Candidates should possess strong experience in distributed systems and cloud platforms.

• 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, or Python.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

• Apply sound engineering principles to design reliable, scalable, and maintainable platform systems.
• Collaborate across infrastructure, security, networking, and service teams to improve end-to-end reliability.
• Establish and promote coding, testing, observability, and operational-readiness standards.
• Develop automation, services, and tools using Go, Python, Terraform, and other relevant technologies.
• Define requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, and deliver improvements that reduce operational risk and increase service resilience.

• 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.