Principal Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Redmond)

Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Redmond

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

163000.00 - 296400.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Join our Web Data Platform Team as a Principal Software Engineer to envision and build Web scale Platforms and SOTA models for semantic understanding of Multi Modal Documents. In today's AI-driven world, where data is more valuable than ever, we're embarking on an exciting mission to elevate our platform, harnessing additional richness to position it as the integral building block of AI solutions across the industry. If you're passionate about building high-performance systems that are foundational in powering AI solutions, this is the place for you! We are looking for someone who is a proven technical leader . You will be regularly expected to present technical/product strategy and Architectural choices to senior Leaders.

Job Responsibility:

Play a key role in building large scale platforms that are at the core of Bing Search, AI Grounding and Microsoft AI training scenarios
Drive transformative scenarios powering 1B+ users

Requirements:

Bachelor'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 equivalent experience
Experience in large scale system architecture, design, development, testing, and release, including but not limited to web applications, microservices in layers, database design, API design, performance tuning, telemetry design and analysis
Demonstrated programming skills and knowledge of architectural patterns for large, high-scale applications
Proficient analytical skills with systematic and structured approaches to software design
Deeper understanding of AI Models
Committed collaboration and communication around articulating technical details
Experience with large-scale distributed data platforms, such as: Apache Spark, Kafka, Columnar storage, data modeling and schema designs
Experience as a technical lead

Nice to have:

Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
April 16, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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