Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tooling

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Redmond, WA, USA or Mountain View, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $331k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Work across AI software stack layers including abstractions, programming models, compilers, runtimes, libraries, and APIs.
  • Benchmark OpenAI and other LLMs on GPUs and Microsoft hardware.
  • Debug, profile, and optimize training and inference workloads on CPUs and GPUs.
  • Monitor performance regressions and drive improvements that reduce deployment time and hardware footprint.
  • Collaborate with researchers and engineers to deliver scalable, production-ready AI performance improvements.
  • Independently lead projects.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field plus 6+ years of technical engineering experience, including coding in C++ or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree plus 12+ years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree plus 15+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 4 years of practical experience with high-performance applications and performance debugging and optimization on CPUs or GPUs is preferred.
  • Experience with DNN or LLM inference and one or more of PyTorch, TensorFlow, or ONNX Runtime is preferred.
  • Familiarity with CUDA, ROCm, Triton, GPU architecture, computer architecture, and hardware neural-net acceleration is preferred.
  • Experience analyzing and optimizing state-of-the-art LLMs and HPC applications, including use of GPU profiling tools, is preferred.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud background check.
  • Strong collaboration skills and the ability to independently lead projects.

Tech Stack

AzureC++Microsoft SQL ServerPythonPyTorchTensorFlowWindows

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Microsoft

About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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