Senior/Principal Software Engineer, CoreAI

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
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Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 3, 2027

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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 · Senior/Principal Software Engineer, CoreAI

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The Senior/Principal Software Engineer - CoreAI joins the CoreAI team to shape the end-to-end customer and developer experience for FoundryIQ. This role involves setting technical direction across product and service boundaries, turning ambiguous opportunities into durable outcomes, and helping customers adopt secure, reliable AI capabilities. You will build UX flows, Agentic harnesses, samples, SDKs, and web services while advancing engineering excellence across the full product lifecycle. Key responsibilities include leading the adoption of Responsible AI practices, improving production services through automation, telemetry, and debugging, and mentoring technical leaders. Required skills include experience building and operating cloud services, distributed systems, and designing secure services with identity and privacy considerations. You will solve complex problems involving search, retrieval, and data knowledge services at scale.

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Skills

AI Distributed Systems Cloud Services SDKs Web Services Search Retrieval Telemetry Security Privacy Compliance Disaster Recovery Incident Response Automation Debugging

What you'll do

Lead the adoption of AI tools and Responsible AI practices across the software development lifecycle.
Set technical direction for production services using automation, telemetry, and debugging to improve engineering quality.
Define and model principled engineering practices to improve team velocity and operational discipline at scale.
Translate long-term vision and ambiguous problems into clear milestones, decisions, and measurable outcomes.
Balance delivery speed with security, privacy, compliance, and operational readiness through disciplined validation and incident response.
Partner with customers and internal stakeholders to translate qualitative feedback into prioritized product improvements.
Influence technical strategy across teams to build shared understanding and secure commitment to cohesive experiences.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
4+ years of technical engineering experience building and operating cloud services or equivalent experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
4+ years of technical leadership and architecture at the product scope (preferred).
Experience owning end-to-end customer and developer experiences across one or more product surfaces (preferred).
Experience with distributed systems and engineering systems (preferred).
Experience designing and delivering secure services, including identity/access patterns and privacy/compliance considerations (preferred).
Experience building AI-powered product capabilities and/or search, retrieval, or data/knowledge services at scale (preferred).

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