Principal Software Engineer

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Frameworks team at Microsoft develops AI software that enables running AI models everywhere, from world’s fastest AI supercomputers, to servers, desktops, mobile phones, IoT devices, and internet browsers.  We collaborate with our hardware teams and partners to build the software stacks for AI across Microsoft.  

Our stack enables ML developers to optimize and scale out model training and inference.  We work directly with OpenAI on the models hosted on the Azure OpenAI service. The ONNX Runtime is shipped in major Microsoft products, including Office, Windows, Bing, SQL Server, and Dynamics, serving trillions of inferences daily. 

The team operates at the intersection of AI algorithmic innovation, purpose-built AI hardware, systems, and software. We are a cross-disciplinary team of highly capable and motivated people with a collaborative and inclusive culture.  We collaborate with and contribute to the open-source community.   

We are looking to hire a Principal Software Engineer- AI Platform to join our team. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to work on multiple levels of the AI software stack, including the fundamental abstractions, programming models, compilers, runtimes, libraries and APIs to enable large scale training and inferencing of models. 

This is an Individual contributor role: as a senior technical leader it requires setting the technical direction for the projects in the area, and hands on software design and development skills. We’re looking for someone who has a demonstrated history of solving hard technical problems and is motivated to tackle the hardest problems in building a full end-to-end AI stack.  An entrepreneurial approach and ability to take initiative and move fast are essential.  

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

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Required Qualifications: 

• 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.

• 6+ years of software development experience  

• 5+ years' experience with C/C++  

• 6+ years of technical leadership experience in a software team 

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 following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: 

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

• A technical background and solid foundation in software engineering principles and architecture design 

• Ability to plan and influence technical designs on projects that will have potential long-term impact to Microsoft. 

• Exposure to Deep Neural Network training and inference and experience in one or more deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, etc.) 

• Cross-team collaboration skills and the desire to collaborate in a team of researchers and developers 

• Solid communication skills (both written and oral) 

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. 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.

• Set technical direction for the team.  

• Apply engineering principles for defining robust and maintainable architectures and designs. 

• Identify requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, schedule deliverables. 

• Collaborate with partner teams to drive holistic solutions across the stack. 

• Technical leadership and mentoring of software engineers.  

• Other

  • Embody our Culture and Values