Principal Software Engineer
Microsoft
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This role pays more than 97% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$225,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $320k versus about $200k for comparable roles.
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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing
Nvidia currently has 896 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 876 roles with salary data.
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As a Principal Software Engineer - Employee Productivity, you will join the team to drive the evolution of AI-powered employee experiences across web and native mobile applications. You will lead and code end-to-end features, architect high-performance services and UIs for personalized content, and embed LLM and vector-search capabilities into existing product surfaces. Your daily work involves owning system design reviews, technical roadmaps, and mentoring engineers while integrating third-party HRIS and collaboration platforms to create automated user journeys. You will utilize a modern tech stack including React, Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind, Kubernetes, containers, and CI/CD pipelines. The role focuses on solving the challenge of providing seamless, AI-rich tools for a global workforce while ensuring robust observability, security, and accessibility standards across all platforms to maintain high reliability for employees in every region.
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