Principal Software Engineer

Come join the OneDrive and SharePoint AI Platform team and help us imagine and deliver the next generation of AI-powered productivity experiences to our hundreds of millions of users! With exabytes of customer content and growing, OneDrive and SharePoint are the foundation of content collaboration across Microsoft 365.

Our team is focused on building systems and experiences to help people work with their content in brand new ways through the latest developments in large language models and generative AI. We're a collaborative, fast-paced team of engineers, product managers, designers, researchers, and scientists. We work in close partnership with other teams spanning across Microsoft. We are looking to hire a Principal Software Engineer to join our team.

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. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
• 5+ years of experience in one or more languages: TypeScript, C#, Python, Java, C++
• Experience with LLMs, orchestrators, embedding models, and vector databases

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience shipping production services software
• Empathy for end-user needs and passion for high quality experiences
• Passion for software engineering excellence
• Familiarity with cloud computing platforms like Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud
• Experience with service design patterns and concepts REST, RPC, JSON, GraphQL
• Experience operating, troubleshooting, and supporting high performance and business critical production systems. 

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 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 for the role until June 5, 2024.

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.

We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer who's excited about the latest AI developments and passionate about turning them into real world magic for hundreds of millions of people at planet scale. You will apply engineering best practices to build resilient, fault-tolerant systems and fast, polished experiences at massive scale. You should have experience building and shipping world class software with a good understanding of modern web technologies and full stack architecture.

Embody our Culture and Values