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About the Role
As a Principal Software Engineer in the Microsoft Frontier Company Engineering team, you will bring strong software design and engineering expertise to build reliable systems and production-ready services. You'll work in small, multidisciplinary crews, owning the full lifecycle from design through to deployed solutions, powered by AI. This role offers the opportunity to build scalable solutions, ship engineering work that influences business strategy, collaborate with global organizations, and apply the latest advancements in AI and software engineering.
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 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.
Requirements
- 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.
- Microsoft is unable to sponsor a work visa for this role due to the nature of the role’s job duties.
- 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.
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating AI or LLM-based solutions.
- 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).
- Comfortable with travel up to 25%.
Skills
- C
- C++
- C#
- Java
- JavaScript
- Python
- Prompt engineering
- Retrieval-augmented approaches
- Model tuning
- Evaluation
- Data quality
- Performance monitoring
- Cloud AI platforms
- CI/CD
- Automated testing
- Observability
- Progressive delivery
Location
- U.S.
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Principal
- 6+ years
- 8+ years
- 12+ years
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
Salary/Compensations
- USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (U.S.)
- USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area)
Benefits
- Eligible for benefits and other compensation
About the Company
- Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
- Employees come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize shared goals.
- Culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond, built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.