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Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Compensation

$142,800 – $274,800/yr

Setup
Hybrid
Location
Redmond, Washington
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to lead the architecture, design, and production implementation of AI-first experiences across Dynamics 365 Sales and Service. The role combines AI/ML expertise with systems engineering to build scalable, reliable, secure, and customer-centric solutions, while collaborating with engineering, product, design, data science, and infrastructure teams. Responsibilities include AI model integration, MLOps, observability, secure deployment, technical leadership, and mentoring engineers. The position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience, plus 2+ years of production-scale AI/ML systems experience; Microsoft Cloud background checks are required. The typical U.S. base pay range is USD 142,800–274,800 per year, with higher ranges for the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area.

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