Principal Software Engineer, Responsible AI

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
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Salary: $142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 62 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Jan 6, 2027

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This role $209k

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer, Responsible AI

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As a Principal Software Engineer - Responsible AI within the CoreAI organization, you will join the Responsible AI group to build high-performance, scalable, and sustainable customer-facing services. You will own the design of new AI services and their integration with existing systems like Azure AI Content Safety and Azure OpenAI Service. Your daily responsibilities include designing large-scale distributed cloud solutions, leading project development across the organization, evaluating architectural trade-offs, and driving a robust DevOps culture through code reviews and data-driven decisions. The role requires expertise in building infrastructure for identifying, measuring, mitigating, and monitoring risks in AI-generated content across text, image, audio, video, and multimodal formats. Required skills include proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, or Python, alongside experience in machine learning model development and large-scale distributed systems.

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Skills

Azure Python C++ C# Java Go JavaScript C Distributed Systems Machine Learning DevOps Software Architecture Telemetry High Availability Low Latency

What you'll do

Design and develop large-scale distributed cloud services focused on high availability, scalability, and robustness.
Lead project development by coordinating with subject matter experts and stakeholders to drive release plans.
Evaluate alternative architectures and technologies that align with business requirements and service KPIs.
Manage the end-to-end development lifecycle and production readiness of services while driving a DevOps culture.
Enforce modern software engineering best practices through rigorous code and design reviews.
Make data-driven service decisions based on telemetry and system performance metrics.
Integrate new AI services with existing platforms like Azure AI Content Safety and Azure OpenAI Service.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is required.
Candidates must have 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, or Python.
Candidates must be able to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Preferred: 6+ years of experience designing and delivering highly available, large-scale cloud services and distributed systems.
Preferred: 4+ years of technical engineering experience with machine learning model development, release, and operations.
Preferred: Demonstrated depth of knowledge in software architecture, design tradeoffs, and mature DevOps culture practices.
Preferred: Ability to navigate the organization and influence peers in engineering and product development.
Preferred: A track record of delivering innovative insights that translate into value generation.

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