Description
Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Development Engineer to lead the design and development of the Search & AI Platform for Bing. The role focuses on architecting scalable distributed systems, building vector index and hybrid retrieval technologies, optimizing data access and compute workflows, translating research into production systems, and mentoring engineering teams. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field and at least six years of technical engineering experience; preferred qualifications include a master's degree, extensive technical leadership, indexing and search-stack experience, approximate-nearest-neighbor expertise, and large-scale distributed-systems experience. The role offers a base pay range of USD 142,800 to USD 274,800 per year in the United States, with higher ranges for the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan areas.
