Microsoft
Senior and/or Principal Software Engineer - AI Infrastructure
$120K–$304K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Mountain View, CA - Experience
- 4+ years required with a bachelor's degree; equivalent experience accepted. Preferred alternatives: master's degree plus 8+ years, or bachelor's degree plus 12+ years, or equivalent experience. Also preferred: 3+ years designing and operating systems supporting large model training.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience. Preferred: Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
About the job
Build and operate AzureML compute and AI infrastructure services for large-scale model training and inference, while providing technical leadership and operational support.
What you'll do
- Architect, develop, test, and maintain distributed AI infrastructure and backend services for training and inference.
- Operate training and inference frameworks, improving stability, efficiency, maintainability, latency, and cloud security.
- Provide product operational support and technical leadership, collaborating with engineers, data scientists, research teams, and enterprise customers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding, or equivalent experience.
- Coding experience with one or more of C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- Knowledge and firsthand experience with large model training systems; 3+ years designing and operating systems that support large model training.
- Experience in distributed systems and architecture, and knowledge of AI infrastructure and workloads.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary); USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
C#, Go, Rust, C++, Kubernetes, Docker, AzureML, GPT5
AI focus
Build core compute and AI infrastructure services for large-scale AI model training and inference, including workloads using LLMs such as GPT5 and OSS models.
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