Principal Software Engineer

Requirements

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

Nice to Haves

• Deep knowledge of AI, cloud-based architectural patterns and best practices
• Substantial experience in designing, building, and managing high-scale full-stack systems including authentication, microservices, distributed systems, data and analytics workloads, and AI training and inferencing services

What You'll Be Doing

• Coordinate and partner across product teams, develop and support key people features in Microsoft AI products – Microsoft Copilot Studio and Bizchat
• Reviews and breaks down work items into tasks with stakeholder collaboration, provide estimations, and escalate delays, while also supporting feature deployments to customers, considering user and service impacts, and adhering to best deployment practices for safety
• Collaborates with key stakeholders to define feature requirements, integrates feedback to enhance design, and establishes feedback loops for continuous improvement based on customer metrics
• Evaluates AI technologies (such as LLMs, SLMs, embeddings) and architectures (such as orchestration patterns, RAG, etc) when developing solutions
• Specifies or implements AI platform improvements like fine-tuning or training custom ML models
• Applies coding standards and best practices through code reviews, developing maintainable and extensible code with guidance
• Utilizes debugging tools to proactively and reactively address issues in product features, ensuring code quality and reliability
• Ensures compliance with security, privacy, safety, and accessibility standards, leverages developer tools for code creation and debugging, contributes to automation in production and deployment, and proactively seeks knowledge to improve product availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance at scale
• Understands and applies Microsoft’s responsible AI practices to ensure systems meet our commitments to our customers
• Identify and drive performance, scalability, and reliability improvements across the ESS platform
• Establish engineering best practices, including CI/CD, telemetry, and quality assurance

Perks and Benefits

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
• Position open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled
• Equal opportunity employer with a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond