Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer - Responsible AI (CoreAI)
$143K–$331K
Mountain View, CA +3 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
San Francisco, CA
Redmond, WA
New York, NY - Experience
- 6+ years technical engineering experience; preferred: 6+ years in large-scale cloud services and distributed systems, and 4+ years in machine learning model development, release, and operations.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and delivers scalable, customer-facing Responsible AI cloud services, including integration with Microsoft AI products and ownership of service lifecycle and production readiness.
What you'll do
- Design and develop large-scale distributed cloud services focused on availability, scalability, robustness, and observability.
- Lead cross-organization project development and drive development and release plans with stakeholders.
- Own services end to end, including production readiness, DevOps practices, and data-informed service decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in a listed language, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- 6+ years designing and delivering highly available, large-scale cloud services and distributed systems.
- 4+ years of experience with machine learning model development, release, and operations.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary); USD $165,600 - $296,400 per year (base salary); USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, Python, Azure AI Content Safety, Azure OpenAI Service
AI focus
Build Responsible AI services that identify, measure, mitigate, and monitor risks in AI-generated and human-generated text, image, audio, video, and multimodal content; preferred experience includes machine learning model development, release, and operations.
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