Senior Principal Software Engineer, Growth

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
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Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 66 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes: Jan 3, 2027

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Similar $200k

This role $177k

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This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $174,600–$225,712 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $177k versus about $200k 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

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TL;DR · Senior Principal Software Engineer, Growth

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As a Senior/Principal Software Engineer - Growth (CoreAI), you will join the CoreAI team to build AI-first engineering systems that power growth for developer and AI products like GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio Code. You will sit at the intersection of product, engineering, and data to design, ship, and iterate on growth experiments across acquisition, activation, engagement, and retention. Your daily work involves building A/B testing frameworks, metrics, and tooling while using data and telemetry to guide rollout strategies for high-traffic, global systems. You will utilize skills in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to develop scalable, reliable production services. The role focuses on solving the challenge of scaling responsible AI adoption by turning hypothesis-driven development into measurable results within a high-velocity environment focused on improving how users discover and succeed with AI tools.

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Skills

Python C# JavaScript C++ C A/B Testing Data Science Telemetry Distributed Systems Software Engineering AI Tools

What you'll do

Design, ship, and iterate on growth experiments across acquisition, activation, engagement, and retention.
Build and evolve A/B testing frameworks, metrics, and tooling to improve experimentation quality.
Use data and telemetry to guide decisions from initial experiment design to rollout strategy.
Scale successful growth patterns across high-traffic, global AI products like VS Code and GitHub.
Translate hypotheses into shipped learnings by partnering with Product, Data Science, Design, and Research teams.
Maintain high-quality code for production services while balancing speed and rigor in an AI-first environment.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Experience building and shipping high-availability features for multi-region, globally distributed systems.
Proficiency in designing scalable, reliable systems that support rapid iteration and experimentation.
Experience supporting or driving A/B testing in production environments including instrumentation and rollout strategies.
Demonstrated experience using AI tools to accelerate engineering velocity and iterate on production features.
Ability to write high-quality, maintainable code for production services or client applications.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.

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