Microsoft · 4 days ago
Principal Architect Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $296K/yr
8+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering individuals and organizations. The Principal Architect will partner with engineering teams to enhance the efficiency of AI and cloud software, hardware, and infrastructure, while leading architectural reviews and influencing the design of next-generation datacenters.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Partner with engineering and infrastructure teams to define and execute strategies that improve efficiency across the AI stack
Lead architectural reviews and pathfinding efforts for high-impact systems, including inference platforms, training clusters, and datacenter designs
Write proof-of-concept code and conduct deep technical investigations to validate architectural decisions
Make impactful decisions that influence product deployment, cost, and sustainability outcomes
Ensure robust telemetry and incident response processes for critical AI services and infrastructure
Serve as a mentor and role model in technical leadership for earlier in career engineers
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, 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
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
5+ years of experience collaborating across teams and organizations
5+ years of experience with cloud platforms or distributed systems
Exposure or familiarity with datacenter infrastructure or server hardware
Company
Microsoft
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10001+ employees
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Funding
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