Microsoft Principal Software Architect 

United States, Washington 

490210995

In this role, you will work with a unique group of talented engineers and applied scientists to build the industry's best Responsible AI measurement and mitigation services. You will own the design of new AI services and integration with existing services such as Azure AI Content Safety, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Studio, and more.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related technical discipline or equivalent experience AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Go, Java, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years technical engineering experience designing and delivering highly available, large-scale cloud services and distributed systems.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Go, Java, or Python
• 4+ years of technical engineering experience with machine learning model development, release, and operations.
• Ability to navigate the company and influence and inspire peers in engineering and broad product development.
• Demonstrate depth of knowledge and understanding of software architecture, design tradeoffs, and practices of mature DevOps culture.
• The track record of pursuing and delivering innovative insights that translate to value generation.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and develop large-scale distributed cloud services and solutions with a focus on high availability, scalability, robustness, and observability.
• Lead project development across the organization and work with subject matter experts and stakeholders to drive development and release plans.
• Evaluate alternative architectures and technologies that best fit the business requirements and service KPIs.
• Take end-to-end responsibility for the development lifecycle and production readiness of the services you build and drive the team’s DevOps culture.
• Drive and uphold the best practices of modern software engineering through code and design reviews and take effective service decisions based on data and telemetry.
• Understand Microsoft businesses and collaborate with stakeholders towards cohesive, end-to-end experiences for Microsoft customers.
• Embrace a growth mindset and stay up to date with the current and state-of-the-art technologies to improve customer experience and better serve the product’s business needs.

Other

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