This role pays more than
78%
of similar roles. Most pay
$150,187–$208,668
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$209k
versus about
$179k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Microsoft
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
657 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 642 roles with salary data.
Senior and/or Principal Software Engineer- AI Frameworks joins the Microsoft AI Frameworks team to develop software, performance systems, and engineering tools that enable state-of-the-art AI models to run reliably at cloud scale. This individual contributor role involves designing, implementing, and operating production-quality components across AI frameworks, runtimes, benchmarking systems, and performance tooling. The engineer will benchmark, profile, and optimize large language model training and inference workloads while building automation and observability to detect regressions and accelerate hardware onboarding. Candidates must possess experience in C++ or Python and familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or ONNX Runtime. Technical expertise may include CUDA, ROCm, Triton, and accelerator-aware optimization. The role addresses the critical challenge of improving model velocity, runtime performance, and infrastructure efficiency across various architectures including NVIDIA and AMD GPUs and Microsoft silicon.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197750 from 2137 postings across 141 companies.