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Principal Software Engineering - AI Frameworks at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

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Compensation

$142,800 – $274,800/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
Redmond, Washington · Mountain View, California · +1
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for its AI Frameworks team to work on ONNX, ONNX Runtime, and Foundry Local. The role involves defining requirements, leading technical design, mentoring engineers, driving product plans and releases, monitoring system reliability, and improving performance, availability, observability, and efficiency. Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least six years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, plus Microsoft Cloud background-check eligibility. Preferred qualifications include eight or more years of experience, inference software-stack development, systems performance optimization, and open-source work. The role offers a U.S. base pay range of 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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