This role pays more than
75%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$231,025
— 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 - Data, Personalization - Microsoft AI, you will join the Microsoft AI and Copilot teams to design and develop distributed data infrastructure, APIs, and personalization pipelines. You will be responsible for architecting scalable, low-latency systems to ingest and process personalized signals while building real-time and batch engines that allow Copilot to reason about user context and preferences. The role involves creating data models that ensure adaptive experiences remain secure and performant across diverse workloads. To succeed, you must possess expertise in backend technologies, including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, alongside experience with large-scale data systems like Kafka, Spark, or Flink. You will also leverage machine learning frameworks and AI platforms to solve complex problems involving the integration of personalized user data into intelligent, context-aware products.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.