Principal Software Engineer
Microsoft
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This role pays more than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$225,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $209k versus about $200k 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
Microsoft currently has 598 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 586 roles with salary data.
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As a Principal Software Engineer within the Scale and Partner AI Experiences organization, you will design and build AI-native systems that transform workflows across the global sales ecosystem. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities to simplify and automate business processes, rapidly prototyping solutions through an experimentation-driven approach, and shipping production-quality features. Your daily work involves integrating data and signals into cohesive AI-powered workflows while ensuring system reliability and security. The role requires expertise in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in React and large language models. You will navigate complex technical challenges involving agentic workflows, distributed architectures, and cloud platforms. By leveraging these technologies, you will solve problems related to automating sales data flows and creating intelligent services that enhance productivity for partners and customers within the commercial business.
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Median $202800 from 326 postings across 28 companies.
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