We’re living in an era of more possibilities, more innovation, and more openness. As Microsoft continues to push the boundaries of AI, we are on the lookout for passionate individuals to work with us on some of the most interesting and challenging AI problems. Our vision is bold and broad -- to build a truly open architecture v1 platform -- to enable and reimagine how users can summon bespoke AI agents to drive real meaningful business outcomes. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team. This role involves crafting user-facing features powered by Generative AI while taking full ownership of their development from inception to delivery, ensuring exceptional quality and seamless implementation. You’ll be working closely with some of the world’s most recognizable brands, helping them catapult into the AI transformation era. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. **Responsibilities** This role involves crafting user-facing features powered by Generative AI while taking full ownership of their development from inception to delivery, ensuring exceptional quality and seamless implementation. You’ll be working closely with some of the world’s most recognizable brands, helping them catapult into the AI transformation era. Ideal candidates will have a balanced combination of theoretical AI knowledge and practical software development experience, enabling them to design, develop, and deploy sophisticated software systems at scale, with an experimentation and iterative mindset. Candidates for this role should also demonstrate customer passion, a bias for action, and an ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries. Come and build the next generation of AI agents! **Qualifications** **Required 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, or Python + OR equivalent experience. + Competence with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code. + Solid understanding and successful demonstration of system security, scalability, reliability, and maintainability. + Practical Experience with AI/LLMs: Experience designing and implementing ML/LLM-based solutions in production environments. + Experience leveraging generative AI technologies to develop innovative and user-focused product features. **Other Requirements** Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the followingspecialized security screenings:  + This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. **Preferred qualifications:** + Master'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, or Python OR 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. + Capable of optimizing, prompting and finetuning AI-based solutions for performance, accuracy, and scalability. + Experience coaching and growing engineers within the team. Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis. \#BICJobs Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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