This role pays more than
81%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$231,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$231k
versus about
$203k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
Microsoft currently has
598 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 586 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer - AI Frameworks on the AI Frameworks team, you will provide technical leadership for high-impact initiatives involving performance engineering, benchmarking, and developer productivity. You will define technical visions, make critical architectural decisions, and lead teams through complex, cross-stack investigations involving models, compilers, runtimes, and silicon. Your daily work involves building scalable platform capabilities from one-off analyses, improving model onboarding velocity, and optimizing runtime performance and hardware utilization. The role requires expertise in C++ or Python to solve challenges related to making state-of-the-art AI models run reliably at scale across various hardware platforms like NVIDIA and AMD GPUs. You will navigate ambiguous systems challenges while mentoring engineers and establishing high standards for quality. This role focuses on the technical infrastructure required to improve model performance, reliability, and efficiency in production environments.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.
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