Principal Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Nov 28, 2024 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft AI Web Data team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help us build the next generation platform for Bing and Microsoft AI. In Web Data, we are on a mission to build the most vast and accurate model of the Web to power search and AI. We are pushing frontiers of scalability and index quality by creating models and systems for discovering, storing, processing Web content, and operating AI solutions. Our core set of engineering challenges includes:Discovering diverse content on the Web quickly and efficiently by understanding the structure and dynamics of the Web and optimizing crawl schedulingBuilding Big Data pipelines, creating ML and AI models for index selection, and determining document qualityDesigning and implementing models and pipelines for near-real time (NRT) indexing and content freshnessDesigning and implementing methods for leveraging AI in platform and backend solutionsThis is a great opportunity for someone who loves to tackle deep technical challenges and strives for industry-wide impact. At this role, you will plan, design, develop, and test software systems or applications for software enhancements and new products, which may be used in local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related computer programs. You will develop software, tools, and code to be used in support of design, infrastructure, and technology platforms. You will use current programming languages and technologies to write code, perform testing, and debug issues. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
ResponsibilitiesPartners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items.Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers. | |