Microsoft · 7 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on innovation and empowerment through AI solutions. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to develop user-facing features powered by Generative AI, taking full ownership of the development process and ensuring high quality and seamless implementation.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
This role involves crafting user-facing features powered by Generative AI while taking full ownership of their development from inception to delivery, ensuring exceptional quality and seamless implementation
You’ll be working closely with some of the world’s most recognizable brands, helping them catapult into the AI transformation era
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
Competence with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code
Practical Experience with AI/LLMs: Experience designing and implementing ML/LLM-based solutions in production environments
Experience leveraging generative AI technologies to develop innovative and user-focused product features
4+ years of experience in reading and writing Python code
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Preferred
Master'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 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
Capable of optimizing, prompting and finetuning AI-based solutions for performance, accuracy, and scalability
Experience coaching and growing engineers within the team
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
1986-03-13IPO
1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
Vukani Mngxati
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