Microsoft · 17 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer - AI/ML
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft’s Path team helps customers navigate their journey from idea to realization with collaborative Work Management products. The Principal Software Engineer - AI/ML will act as a senior technical leader, shaping AI foundations for Microsoft Path's products and platforms, while applying deep Machine Learning expertise to build innovative solutions.
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Responsibilities
Solve complex challenges in distributed systems and help shape the vision for agentic, AI-powered work management
Architect and implement core features for the Task and Work Management platform. Ensure secure, high-quality product delivery, overseeing system architecture and code quality
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex projects with AI-powered solutions that are scalable, robust, and aligned with customer needs as well as business outcomes that support millions of customers and requests per second
Embed AI-first mindset into design, development, testing, and developer tooling to streamline SDLC delivery workflows, leveraging automation and agent orchestration
Drive engineering excellence through reusable components, accelerators, code generators, and scalable architecture
Oversee technical execution across multiple projects, ensuring adherence to best practices, quality standards, and security & privacy compliance requirements
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external partner teams to define architecture, integration points, delivery plans, milestones, and risk mitigation approaches
Ensure delivery models are optimized for modern AI-native execution, including integration of automation and intelligent processes
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 OR 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
Design and implement agentic AI workflows that assist in data discovery, preparation, profiling, validation, and performance optimization
5+ years of experience designing and implementing hyperscale distributed platforms and cloud services
Experience in high-scale service architecture, Azure technologies (Azure Kubernetes Service, Cosmos DB, Blob Storage), and modern cloud patterns
Actively adopt and promote use Large Language Models and apply Machine Learning algorithms to automate engineering tasks, schema inference, pipeline generation, metadata enrichment, documentation, and tuning recommendations
Expertise in building solutions using Azure Machine Learning, Azure OpenAI, and Azure AI Services including RAG pipelines and inference workloads (OR equivalent technologies in AWS or GCP or OCI)
Company
Microsoft
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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