Principal Software Engineer, Performance Tooling
Microsoft
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This role pays less than 72% of similar roles. Most pay $174,400–$246,150 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $210k 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 622 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 571 roles with salary data.
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As a Senior Applied Research Engineer on Microsoft's generative AI team, you will drive innovation across the entire AI stack, from large-scale serving systems to hardware-level optimizations. Your day-to-day responsibilities include formulating and evaluating new algorithmic approaches for efficient AI serving, designing endpoint configurations, and collaborating with various teams to align algorithms with hardware capabilities. You will build experimental prototypes, conduct large-scale measurements, and produce technical documentation to validate research ideas before deploying them in production. The role requires expertise in machine learning frameworks like PyTorch and TensorFlow, proficiency in GPU programming using CUDA or similar tools, and strong skills in C++ and Python for high-performance systems. This position emphasizes real-world impact through end-to-end ownership of AI efficiency challenges within one of the world's largest collaboration platforms.
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