Principal Software Engineer | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $139,900–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 4 days ago
Closes: Dec 9, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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 | Microsoft Careers

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Join our dynamic team as a senior AI solutions architect, where you will build innovative and impactful AI systems for Microsoft’s strategic customers on the Azure platform. Your day-to-day responsibilities include developing complex systems from ideation to production, identifying high-value patterns across solutions, and sharing learnings with the team. You will work in a highly collaborative environment alongside software engineers, data scientists, and designers to create cutting-edge AI solutions at scale. The ideal candidate has extensive experience with complete AI solutions in production on hyperscale platforms using modern generative models, and is comfortable with design thinking and rapid prototyping. This role requires expertise in Azure, Python, and other relevant technologies, as well as a strong commitment to our culture of bias toward action and growth mindset.

Skills

Azure Python C++ TensorFlow PyTorch Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Git Jenkins Ansible Terraform AWS

What you'll do

Build innovative AI solutions for strategic customers on the Azure platform.
Develop complex systems from ideation to production-ready code with thorough documentation.
Identify high-value patterns across solutions and create durable assets in response.
Maintain leadership in agentic AI by actively learning and experimenting.
Share learnings and best practices within a collaborative multi-disciplinary team.

What we're looking for

Experience in developing complete AI solutions including storage, compute, and inference in production on hyperscale platforms.
Proficiency with modern generative AI models and rapid prototyping for ambiguous solution spaces.
Ability to identify high-value patterns across solutions and build durable assets.
Comfort working in highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary teams involving software engineers, data scientists, and designers.
Commitment to continuous learning and leadership in the evolving field of agentic AI at scale.

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