Microsoft · 19 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer, AI
United States, Washington, Bellevue
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering every person and organization on the planet. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer, AI to lead the development of AI capabilities that enhance security analytics and improve analyst productivity in the Microsoft Security organization.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Leads by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable code
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents. For areas of dependency and overlap with other teams or team members, drives coordination and communicates across teams and resolves conflicts between teams
Leads discussions for the architecture of products/solutions and creates proposals for architecture
Innovation through experimentation: Initiate and guide experiments to evaluate new technologies and determine best-fit solutions
Support Data Scientists and research members in the team by offering rigid engineering environment to innovate, fail fast and deliver quickly
Develop scalable, high-quality solutions: Build software that is reliable, maintainable, and scalable to meet evolving business needs
Support and Develop Others: Mentor team members, encourage inclusive engineering practices, and contribute to building a diverse and talented workforce aligned with our mission
Embed operational excellence: Incorporate live site readiness, monitoring, and incident response into the development lifecycle
AI first development: Employ AI for development cycle, embracing non-deterministic nature of AI products with evals and experimentation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: + Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
6+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices
6+ years of experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, or comparable environments, including building and operating scalable, highly available services and systems
Experience building and deploying machine learning or large language model (LLM) applications at scale
Experience building and deploying large scale distributed systems
Company
Microsoft
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10001+ employees
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