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Principal Software Engineer - Responsible AI (CoreAI)

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Mountain View, CA, San Francisco, CA, Redmond, WA, New York, NY$142.8k - $274.8kFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Principal Software Engineer responsible for building customer-facing AI services with scalable, high-performance, low-latency, highly available architecture within Microsoft CoreAI Responsible AI group.

Responsibilities

  • Design, and develop large-scale distributed cloud services and solutions with a focus on high availability, scalability, robustness, and observability.
  • Lead project development across the organization and work with subject matter experts and stakeholders to drive development and release plans.
  • Evaluate alternative architectures and technologies that best fit the business requirements and service KPIs.
  • Take end-to-end responsibility for the development lifecycle and production readiness of the services you build and drive the team’s DevOps culture.
  • Drive and uphold the best practices of modern software engineering through code and design reviews and take effective service decisions based on data and telemetry.
  • Understand Microsoft businesses and collaborate with stakeholders towards cohesive, end-to-end experiences for Microsoft customers.
  • Embrace a growth mindset and stay up to date with the current and state-of-the-art technologies to improve customer experience and better serve the product’s business needs.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience

Skills

Required:Distributed cloud servicesDevOps practicesArchitecture evaluationStakeholder collaboration
Last updated Aug 6, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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