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Microsoft · 12 hours ago

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$140K/yr - $275K/yr

6+ years exp

Microsoft is at the forefront of redefining how software is built and experienced, and they are seeking a Principal Machine Learning Engineer to join their Observability platform team. The role involves designing and implementing AI services, building end-to-end pipelines, and collaborating with product management to align technical direction with business goals.

Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Design, implement and deliver AI services to support product offerings for large-scale agent observability

Design and build the end-to-end pipelines covering model training, data analysis, model serving and model evaluation

Design and develop scalable systems for benchmarking AI models, including pipelines for automated evaluation, metric tracking, and result visualization

Build and maintain a robust data platform to support model evaluation workflows, including ingestion, versioning, and storage of datasets and model artifacts

Demonstrate good understanding of LLM architectures, training and inference

Collaborate closely with product management and partner teams to align technical direction with business goals

Take end-to-end responsibility for the development lifecycle and production readiness of the services you build and drive the team’s DevOps culture

Engage with customers to gather feedback and resolve complex issues

Understand Microsoft businesses and collaborate with stakeholders towards cohesive, end-to-end experiences for Microsoft customers

Innovate on technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products

Qualification

Machine LearningAI SystemsCloud ServicesDistributed SystemsC++C#GoJavaPythonData ScienceStatisticsBenchmarking ToolsML Model Testing

Required

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#, Go, Java, or Python + OR equivalent experience

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter