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As a Principal Software Development Engineer on the Azure AI Translation and Language team, you will lead the design and implementation of large-scale distributed systems that power global translation and language services. Your day-to-day responsibilities include defining platform architecture for high availability and scalability, driving improvements in reliability and operational excellence, and building core infrastructure components such as service orchestration and data pipelines. You will collaborate with applied science and product teams to ensure robust integrations and mentor engineers to uphold rigorous engineering standards. The role requires experience with languages like C++, Java, or Rust, expertise in designing large-scale distributed systems, and familiarity with cloud platforms and microservices architectures. Additionally, knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure, system performance optimization, and reliability engineering practices is preferred.
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