Principal Software Engineer, AI Ads

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Microsoft AI is hiring a Principal Software Engineer – AI Ads in Mountain View, California. This senior individual contributor role involves leading the design, development, and optimization of global, low-latency shopping ads, travel, and product graph systems. Responsibilities include partnering with scientists, engineers, and product leaders to build reliable production systems, advancing AI-native development practices, driving cross-organizational initiatives, making architectural decisions, and mentoring engineers. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience. Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree with 8+ years experience or Bachelor's with 12+ years, extensive experience with large-scale distributed systems and big data infrastructure, expertise in online advertising, information retrieval, streaming technologies (Kafka, Flink, Spark Streaming), AI infrastructure, and AI-driven development practices. The role requires strong communication skills and experience with technologies including .NET, NoSQL, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and AI model inference platforms. Salary ranges from $142,800 to $274,800 annually in the U.S., higher in specific metro areas. The position is on-site in Mountain View, CA.