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About the Role

The Industry Solutions Engineering (ISE) team co-engineers solutions with customers to address their toughest business challenges using AI-powered, cloud-based solutions. We operate in small, multidisciplinary teams, applying Hypervelocity Engineering (HVE) to build and ship secure, production-ready solutions from day one. We collaborate with Microsoft product teams, partners, and open-source communities to create reusable, high-impact solution patterns. We are hiring a Principal Software Engineer to bring strong software design and engineering expertise, building reliable systems and production-ready services that turn ideas and data-driven insights into scalable solutions.

Responsibilities

Build and ship solutions that meet enterprise security standards from design through production.
Partner with stakeholders to define problem statements, success metrics, and architectural approaches.
Own end-to-end system design for cloud and AI workloads, making sound tradeoffs.
Use modern engineering practices to iterate fast and reduce operational risk.
Deliver production-ready solutions, unblock delivery, and ensure outcomes are adopted at scale.
Create solution accelerators, reference architectures, and code for reuse.
Continuously learn and adapt to evolving technologies and customer priorities.
Provide technical direction, coach engineers, and collaborate with partners.
Coordinate multiple workstreams, manage dependencies, and ensure operational excellence.
Create an environment of trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Embody culture and values.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Experience building or integrating AI/ML or LLM-based solutions, prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning.
Familiarity with deploying and operating AI systems in production environments.
Understanding of model evaluation, data quality, and performance monitoring.
Experience using cloud AI platforms (Azure ML, OpenAI, or similar).
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Experience partnering directly with customers or internal stakeholders to deliver solutions end-to-end.
Comfortable with travel up to 25% (role dependent).

Skills

C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
AI/ML
LLM
Prompt Engineering
RAG
Fine-tuning
Azure ML
OpenAI

Location

Netherlands

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Principal
IC5

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
Master's Degree in Computer Science

Salary/Compensations

€ 99,800.00 - € 166,900.00 per year

Benefits

Competitive package including a wide range of benefits built around your personal needs.

About the Company

Microsoft is seeking people who have a passion for the positive impact technology can have on communities and for making a difference in the world.
Within ISE, you will find a wide range of backgrounds, perspectives, personal and cultural experiences which are vital to our success with our customers.
It’s an informal and flexible work environment and you’ll be welcome to work in the way that best enables you to get your job done.

Equal Opportunity

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.
If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.