About the Role

Principal Software Engineer role at Microsoft AI focused on building distributed data systems and APIs for Copilot's intelligence. Responsibilities include architecting scalable infrastructure, designing data models, and optimizing performance across workloads. The role requires strong backend engineering skills and experience with cloud infrastructure and AI platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect scalable, low-latency systems for ingesting, processing, and serving personalized signals
• Design data models and APIs that enable Copilot to reason about user context, preferences, and history
• Build real-time and batch personalization engines that adapt Copilot's behavior
• Collaborate with privacy, security, and responsible AI teams to ensure personalization is safe, transparent, and user-controlled
• Optimize for performance, reliability, and cost across diverse workloads and geographies

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
• 6+ years' experience building scalable services, including securing applications and infrastructure on top of cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP

Nice to Have:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience OR equivalent experience
• Experience with large scale data systems
• Experience working with AI platforms, frameworks, and APIs
• Experience using Machine Learning frameworks, including experience using, deploying, and scaling language learning models

Benefits & Perks

• Industry leading healthcare