Principal Architect - Windows AI

Principal Architect - Windows AI Team   

You might have seen recent announcements about the integration of AI Experiences in Windows or the transformative moment AI is driving in the tech industry – do you want to be a key leader on the core team reimagining how AI will revolutionize how over a billion customers engage with Windows? Do you want to work with the fun, diverse and geo-distributed team that is at the heart of AI innovation applied to Operating Systems? 

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!  

The Windows AI team is responsible for driving innovation for new marquee experiences used by Windows customers around the world. We’re looking for an experienced, collaborative, inclusive and customer-obsessed Principal Architect to help us build the future of an AI-powered Windows that enables our users to achieve more. 

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.  

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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. 
• 5+ years of experience architecting and shipping large scale projects.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor'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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• Ablity to communicate technical details clearly across organizational boundaries. 
• Analytical skills with systematic and structured approach to software design. 
• Ability expressing ideas to a mixed audience with varying views and challenges. 
• Ownership and accountability, with the ability to develop and deliver to deadlines while managing internal stakeholder expectations. 
• Self-motivated with a drive for reaching across teams and organizations to make progress collaboratively. 
• Previous Staff or Principal level position held is a bonus.

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $158,500 - $276,600 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 $202,800 - $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 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

As a Principal Architect in the Windows AI team, you will report to the Vice President of Engineering in a Staff role, guiding teams using C++, C#, WinRT and WinUI, and of course AI technologies, to design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions for Windows users. 

As one of a handful of our most senior software architects in Windows, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with organization leaders, and work across a supportive group of like-minded Architects across disciplines who deeply interact across all software disciplines. You will contribute your leadership and communication skills to help define or refine our overall business and technical vision, including the “architectural how” of building scalable architectures with great fundamentals (such as performance, power, and reliability) and with high engineering rigor. 

Prospective candidates will be requested to author a brief, 2-page vision document outlining the opportunities they see applying AI to Windows, across customer/business/technical dimensions, to demonstrate executive communication and thinking. 

Embody our culture and values.