below marketmost similar roles pay hereabove market
This role pays more than
68%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$226,350
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$209k
versus about
$200k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
694 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 651 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure Engineering Systems, you will join the AI Infrastructure Engineering Systems team to build the cloud platform, engineering infrastructure, and developer systems required to develop, deploy, and operate AI services at scale. You will design, implement, and ensure the quality of engineering platforms, developer tooling, and Azure integrations while managing architecture, testing, and production operations. Your daily work involves developing automation, services, and tools using Go, Python, Terraform, C, C++, C#, Java, and JavaScript. You will establish standards for coding, observability, and operational readiness to improve end-to-end reliability. This role solves the technical challenge of providing reliable, scalable, and maintainable paths from development to production for rapidly evolving AI workloads across networking, security, and service lifecycle management.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.
Design reliable, scalable, and maintainable platform systems using sound engineering principles.
Develop automation, services, and tools using Go, Python, and Terraform.
Establish and promote standards for coding, testing, observability, and operational readiness.
Define requirements and scope solutions to reduce operational risk and increase service resilience.
Implement and ensure the quality of engineering platforms, developer tooling, and Azure integrations.
Manage the full lifecycle of software including architecture, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
Provide reliable paths for AI workloads from development to production environments.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire and every two years thereafter.
Experience with distributed systems and cloud platforms.
Proficiency in developing automation, services, and tools using Go, Python, and Terraform.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 12+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Go (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 15+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Go (preferred).
Kubernetes
Go
Python
Linux
AWS
EKS
Terraform
Argo CD
Helm
Prometheus
Grafana
PyTorch
Ray
vLLM
SGLang
TensorRT-LLM
CUDA
NVLink
NVSwitch
NCCL
EFA
DCGM
Containers
HPC