Microsoft

Principal AI Software Engineer - DevOps Acceleration

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2 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$166k - $331k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Map the full software lifecycle from idea to production and remove delivery delays using AI and automation.
  • Apply AI across planning, coding, code review, testing, release, rollout, and incident response, moving successful pilots into standard engineering practices.
  • Define global principles for appropriate AI use in engineering and drive adoption across teams.
  • Build automated security, compliance, Responsible AI, and reliability guardrails.
  • Evaluate AI tools and industry practices and make build, buy, or skip recommendations.
  • Challenge designs, roadmaps, and AI claims using evidence to improve engineering outcomes.
  • Track lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, and developer experience.
  • Mentor senior engineers, lead architecture reviews, and set technical direction across Microsoft Commerce.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Coding experience in Go, Rust, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Preferred: proven use of AI tools or agentic workflows to shorten engineering cycle time at scale.
  • Preferred: deep hands-on knowledge of AI developer tools and the ability to evaluate what works.
  • Preferred: DevOps and SRE background, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, Kubernetes, safe deployment, and observability.
  • Preferred: experience building policy, supply-chain security, and compliance guardrails in regulated environments.
  • Preferred: experience with LLM-enabled applications, AI agents, or production AI platforms.
  • Preferred: clear communication and experience influencing senior leaders without direct authority.

Benefits

  • Base pay is listed for U.S. locations, with separate ranges for the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted until filled.
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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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