Principal Software Engineer MicrosoftPrincipal Software EngineerRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearOwning the architecture and run-state reliability of AI-driven support workflows; defining the reliability bar for incident response and live-site health; and serving as a designated responsible individual (DRI) who leads incident retrospectives to identify root causes, owns repair actions, and prevents recurrence across the platform. Industry or company-wide thought leadership in AI engineering—for example, driving adoption of emerging technologies, representing engineering to executives and external audiences, or contributions such as patents, publications, or widely adopted internal frameworks.
Principal Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform - CoreAI MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform - CoreAIRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearMaster’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Lead cross-team collaboration to identify dependencies, negotiate delivery schedules, drive alignment across partner teams, and ensure proper end-to-end testing, live-site coverage, scalability and performance before going live.
Principal Software Engineer - Microsoft Digital MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineer - Microsoft DigitalRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearMasters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. This role keeps Corporate Functions ahead of the curve: scanning industry solutions, setting technical direction across our agentic-AI transformation, and owning the relationships with Microsoft 1P product teams so our platform needs are represented and met.
Principal Software Engineer, Foundry Agents - CoreAI MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineer, Foundry Agents - CoreAIRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearWithin CoreAI, the Foundry Agents organization is responsible for key ownership areas across the end‑to‑end agent lifecycle: (a) Foundry Agents platform to deploy and run agents securely at enterprise scale with seamless integration with governed tools, (b) model fine‑tuning to train and improve agentic performance, and (c) Foundry observability to generate insights from agentic traces and continuously evaluate and optimize agents. Masters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Principal/Senior Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform - CoreAI MicrosoftPrincipal/Senior Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform - CoreAIRedmond, WA$119,800–$234,700 / yearMaster’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year.
Principal Software Engineer - Responsible AI (CoreAI) MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineer - Responsible AI (CoreAI)Redmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearThere is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year. Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Go, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Principal Software Engineer - CoreAI MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineer - CoreAIRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearMasters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. You will work in a group focusing on advancing Azure Content Understanding, a multimodal AI capability that enables organizations to transform unstructured data—such as text, documents, audio, images, and video—into structured, actionable insights.
Principal Software Engineer - Growth (CoreAI) MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineer - Growth (CoreAI)Redmond, WA$165,600–$296,400 / yearAt this level, impact comes from building repeatable systems and raising the engineering bar: better experiment quality, better telemetry, safer rollouts, and clearer business outcomes — delivered through pragmatic execution and deep technical judgment. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year.
Principal Software Engineer Tableau SoftwarePrincipal Software EngineerBellevue, WAYou will be a leading technical representative across the application stack — negotiating interfaces with peer teams, driving architectural alignment across the product, and setting the bar for non-functional quality (availability, multi-tenancy, security, performance) across GRPC and python application services. • Define SLIs and SLOs for the teams features and services in partnership with Product, design rollout strategy and telemetry that spans pre-release / canary / stagger periods, and lead service ownership: on-call rotations, ops and readiness reviews, runbooks, and automation.
Principal Software Engineer (AI / Agentic Developer Productivity) MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineer (AI / Agentic Developer Productivity)Redmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearES365 owns the tools and systems used by thousands of Microsoft developers who innovate across the companys largest codebases, from source control and check-in experience to build, validation, and deployment automation. For additional context, example workstreams have included AI-assisted large-scale codebase refactoring, automated package integrations, deep architectural Q&A over codebases, and human-in-the-loop directed code changes.
Principal Software Engineering - AI Frameworks MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineering - AI FrameworksRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearThere is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year. Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Principal Hardware Engineer, AI Systems MicrosoftPrincipal Hardware Engineer, AI SystemsRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearMasters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience. To achieve this goal, the Cloud Hardware Systems Engineering (CHSE) team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware.
Principal Software Engineering Manager, CoreAI MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineering Manager, CoreAIRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearIn this role, as a Principal Software Engineering Manager you will lead a team of software engineers and work closely with partner teams of engineers, scientists, and product managers to build the industrys best Responsible AI services. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Principal Software Engineering Manager MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineering ManagerRedmond, WA$165,600–$296,400 / yearMasters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. In this role, you will own the technical direction and execution of critical platform investments, including core runtime capabilities, real‑time multimodal orchestration, long‑running task durability, and self‑serve partner tooling that unlocks safe, rapid innovation across the Copilot ecosystem.
Principal Hardware Engineer, DC/DC Power MicrosoftPrincipal Hardware Engineer, DC/DC PowerRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearDoctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience. To achieve this goal, the CHSE (Cloud Hardware Systems Engineering) team is instrumental in defining and delivering operational measures of success for hardware manufacturing, improving the planning process, quality, delivery, scale and sustainability related to Microsoft cloud hardware.
Principal Engineer - Azure Storage MicrosoftPrincipal Engineer - Azure StorageRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearMasters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. You will partner across engineering teams to define technical direction, solve complex distributed systems problems, mentor engineers, and deliver high-quality services that operate reliably at global scale.
Principal Silicon Engineer MicrosoftPrincipal Silicon EngineerRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearDoctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience OR Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience. Doctorate in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience OR Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR equivalent experience.
Principal Quantum Design Verification Engineer MicrosoftPrincipal Quantum Design Verification EngineerRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearDoctorate in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment OR Masters Degree in Physics, Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in industry or in a research and development environment. Your responsibilities will include defining pre-silicon Simulation plans and post-silicon Validation/Characterization plans for SoC and Intellectual Property (IP) blocks, and coordinating individuals, contingent staff, and external vendors to deliver a high-quality design.
Senior Software Engineer InfobloxSenior Software EngineerTacoma, WAStrong hands-on expertise applying agentic and AI‑driven frameworks to elevate engineering productivity, optimize performance, and strengthen system reliability including building Agents, Sub-agents, MCP Servers, Skills etc., Strong hands-on experience with performance engineering in large scale pipelines and active participation in resolving production incidents. Here, how we empower our people is extraordinary: Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2025, Great Place to Work-Certified in five countries, and Cigna Healthy Workforce honors three years running — and what we build is world-class: recognized as CybersecAsia’s Best in Critical Infrastructure 2024 — evidence that when first-class technology meets empowered talent, remarkable careers take shape.
Principal Software Engineering Manager - CTJ - Poly MicrosoftPrincipal Software Engineering Manager - CTJ - PolyRedmond, WA$142,800–$274,800 / yearMasters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. This leader will set technical direction, grow a high-performing engineering team, and deliver secure, compliant, and highly reliable platform capabilities that support internal security systems and customer-facing cloud offerings.