Principal Software Engineer

Are you interested in spearheading advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and contributing to the development of high-performance infrastructure for generative AI workloads, such as Bing Copilot? The Azure Specialized AI Infrastructure team in India is seeking a highly skilled and motivated engineer with deep expertise in high-performance infrastructure to join our growing organization. Our team is responsible for building and maintaining advanced solutions that support innovative AI applications and machine learning models. We focus on developing large-scale distributed systems that are fully automated, emphasizing quality and a commitment to customer satisfaction.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing and delivering comprehensive software solutions and architectural strategies that leverage high-performance computing and networking technologies to optimize and enhance our AI infrastructure.

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Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Architecture: Design and develop scalable, reliable, and high-performance infrastructure tailored for AI workloads, ensuring efficient resource utilization and low-latency communications.
• Technical Leadership: Offer technical guidance and leadership in cloud infrastructure technologies, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and ensure best practices in infrastructure design, execution, and optimization.
• Performance Optimization: Assess and refine performance continuously by identifying and resolving bottlenecks across compute, storage, and networking domains.
• Research and Innovation: Remain informed on emerging technologies, tools, and industry trends, evaluating their applicability and recommending adoption where beneficial to AI infrastructure enhancements.
• Collaboration and Communication: Engage with customers and collaborate with multidisciplinary stakeholders to clarify requirements, provide expert guidance, and effectively communicate complex concepts.
  
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years experience in designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience developing infrastructure services.
• Proficient technical design, analytical, and debugging abilities.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and collaboration skills.
  
  

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.
  

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
• OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python
• OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  

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