Principal Software Engineer- AI Platform

Principal Software Engineer- AI Platform

Redmond, Washington, United States

Date posted: Sep 18, 2024

Job number: 1736581

Work site: Up to 100% work from home

Travel: 0-25%

Role type: Software Engineering

Employment type: Full-Time

Overview

The team operates at the intersection of AI algorithmic innovation, purpose-built AI hardware, systems, and software. We are a cross-disciplinary team of highly capable and motivated people with a collaborative and inclusive culture. We collaborate with and contribute to the open-source community.

We are looking to hire a Principal Software Engineer- AI Platform to join our team. As a member of this team, you will have the opportunity to work on multiple levels of the AI software stack, including the fundamental abstractions, programming models, compilers, runtimes, libraries, and APIs to enable large scale training and inferencing of models.

This is an individual contributor role; as a senior technical leader, it requires setting the technical direction for the projects in the area and hands-on software design and development skills. We’re looking for someone who has a demonstrated history of solving hard technical problems and is motivated to tackle the hardest problems in building a full end-to-end AI stack. An entrepreneurial approach and the ability to take initiative and move fast are essential.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 6+ years of software development experience
• 5+ years' experience with C/C++
• 6+ years of technical leadership experience in a software team

Preferred Qualifications:

• A technical background and solid foundation in software engineering principles and architecture design
• Ability to plan and influence technical designs on projects that will have potential long-term impact to Microsoft
• Exposure to Deep Neural Network training and inference and experience in one or more deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX, etc.)
• Cross-team collaboration skills and the desire to collaborate in a team of researchers and developers
• Solid communication skills (both written and oral)

Responsibilities

• Set technical direction for the team
• Apply engineering principles for defining robust and maintainable architectures and designs
• Identify requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, schedule deliverables
• Collaborate with partner teams to drive holistic solutions across the stack
• Technical leadership and mentoring of software engineers

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

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.