Principal Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure Engineering Systems

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: Mountain View, CA
Salary: $142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 25 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Feb 13, 2027
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $198k

This role $209k

$118k most similar roles pay here $292k

This role pays more than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$220,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $209k versus about $198k for comparable roles.

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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

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure Engineering Systems

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As a Principal Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure Engineering Systems on the AI Infrastructure Engineering Systems team, you will design, implement, and ensure the quality of engineering platforms, developer tooling, and Azure integrations. You will be responsible for building reliable, scalable, and maintainable platform systems while collaborating across infrastructure, security, networking, and service teams to improve end-to-end reliability. Your daily work involves developing automation, services, and tools using Go, Python, and Terraform to reduce operational risk and increase service resilience. The role focuses on the technical challenge of providing consistent paths from development to production for rapidly evolving AI workloads at scale. You will apply engineering principles to manage infrastructure components like Kubernetes, networking, observability, and service lifecycle management while establishing standards for coding, testing, and operational readiness within a complex cloud platform environment.

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Skills

Go Python Terraform Kubernetes Azure C C++ C# Java JavaScript distributed-systems Observability Infrastructure Automation Networking Security

What you'll do

Design and implement reliable, scalable, and maintainable platform systems for AI workloads.
Develop automation tools, services, and infrastructure using Go, Python, and Terraform.
Establish standards for coding, testing, observability, and operational readiness across engineering platforms.
Integrate developer tooling and cloud platforms with Azure services.
Define requirements and scope solutions to reduce operational risk and increase service resilience.
Manage the full lifecycle of systems including architecture, design, implementation, testing, and production operations.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud background checks and other required security screenings.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of engineering experience with Go and other listed languages (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 15+ years of engineering experience with Go and other listed languages (preferred).