Principal Software Engineer
Microsoft
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This role pays more than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$252,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $209k versus about $214k 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, Ads Systems, you will join the Ads Frontdoor team to build highly scalable, performant services that host state-of-the-art machine learning models. You will collaborate with BingAds stakeholders to define feature requirements, create system designs, and implement features focused on high efficiency, extensibility, and reliability. Your daily work involves performing code reviews, managing live service operations on a rotational basis, and acting as a designated responsible individual for monitoring system health. You will also profile distributed systems to resolve performance bottlenecks and improve latency for online serving requirements. The role requires expertise in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in multi-threading programming, machine learning, and Azure. This position addresses the technical challenges of high-throughput, low-latency infrastructure within a global advertising marketplace.
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