Microsoft · 17 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer - Model Inferencing
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a company where passionate innovators come together to collaborate, envision new possibilities, and advance their careers. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the development of global, enterprise-scale systems for LLM hosting, inference orchestration, and agentic workflows, focusing on ensuring AI systems are safe, reliable, and grounded.
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Responsibilities
Own and lead the architecture for complex, high-availability AI services, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and low-latency performance
Improve AI tools and practices across the SDLC, incorporating Responsible AI controls into the system backbone
Lead the integration of new AI services with existing platforms such as Microsoft Foundry, Azure AI Content Safety, and Azure OpenAI Service
Mentor teams in producing extensible, secure, and maintainable code. Identify best practices in GenAI coding patterns and drive high-quality validation strategies
Identify and manage upstream/downstream dependencies, collaborating with partner teams to ensure seamless end-to-end testing and live site coverage
Act as a lead for security-by-design, ensuring AI safety features are implemented and regulatory audit trails are maintained
Qualification
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++, 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 8+ years 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 technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Proven experience in building high-scale distributed systems and high-availability services
Deep understanding of the AI lifecycle, specifically regarding model inference and system-level optimization
Company
Microsoft
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Funding
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