Principal Software Engineer

We are building the Microsoft inference cloud. This is a new core foundational services powers all Copilots for Microsoft and AOAI customers. As the number of scenarios and customer usage of Copilot(s) increases, an efficient fabric optimizing availability and utilization of inference capacity is the key to fulfilling the fast-growing demand. In this mission, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer who will help us build scalable, highly available, distributed systems that form the base to realize ambitious Microsoft vision for AI.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 2+ years of experience building new micro-services
• 4+ years of experience building large scale distributed cloud services

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

• Build, deliver, and support high-quality distributed services to power the ML experience
• Technical leadership, coaching and mentoring a team of highly skilled Software Engineers
• Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of platform while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale
• Guide discussions for the architecture of products/solutions and create proposals for architecture by testing design hypotheses and helping to refine code plans. Provide reactions, proposed solutions, and inputs to architects
• Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture).