Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA +4 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 22, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Hillsboro, OR
Mountain View, CA
Austin, TX
Raleigh, NC - Experience
- 6+ years technical engineering experience; Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- “Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements” is required; Microsoft Cloud Background Check is required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
About the job
Develops and operates Azure cloud services that monitor hardware health, predict failures, and improve cloud infrastructure using scalable systems and AI solutions.
What you'll do
- Develop and operate large-scale, low-latency, high-throughput systems; participate in live service operations and reliability improvements.
- Evaluate AI technologies and architectures for firmware and hardware improvements, and implement AI platform enhancements such as model fine-tuning or training.
- Integrate telemetry and analytics, support testing and automation, and help restore service within SLA timeframes.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
LLMs, SLMs, embeddings, RAG, C, C++, C#, Java
AI focus
Evaluates AI technologies and architectures for firmware/hardware improvement and specifies or implements AI platform improvements, including fine-tuning or training custom ML models.
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