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Principal Software Engineer - AI Driven Configuration & Experimentation Platform at Microsoft
Required Skills
distributed systemspythonai/mlcloud infrastructureci/cdexperimentation platformschange managementreliability engineering
About the Role
Lead the design and evolution of large-scale distributed systems for Microsoft's experimentation and configuration platform. Drive technical strategy for AI-powered change management and incident analysis across M365, Copilot, and Azure. Mentor engineers and shape architecture for high-reliability experimentation and developer platforms.Key Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders to determine user requirements for scenarios
- Lead identification of dependencies and development of design documents
- Drive project plans and work items across multiple groups using cross-product knowledge
- Serve as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) mentoring engineers and monitoring systems
- Lead technical strategy and architecture for ECS platform shaping experimentation and configuration future
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
- 5+ years experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems, developer platforms, or ML powered backend services
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
- 3+ years deep technical focus in context modeling/embedding systems, intelligent developer assistants, or change management/reliability engineering
- Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS), service orchestration, and CI/CD pipelines at global scale
Benefits & Perks
- Industry leading healthcare