Principal AI Architect
Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Overview
Azure Compute is the backbone of Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure, orchestrating customer scenarios across millions of servers in data centers worldwide. This global infrastructure is transformed into flexible, reliable, and scalable compute capacity—enabling organizations of all sizes to innovate and succeed in the cloud.
As part of Azure Core Compute, you will contribute to the platform that powers every application running on Azure. Your work may include enabling elastic compute, optimizing performance, and ensuring reliability at scale. This role offers the opportunity to shape the future of cloud computing and deliver solutions that redefine what is possible for customers.
You will collaborate with teams across Microsoft to solve complex technical challenges and build services that operate at massive scale. This position provides opportunities to learn continuously, work on distributed systems, and make a meaningful impact on Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem.
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ years experience in building, shipping, and operating reliable, distributed systems software.
- 1+ years experience developing software hosted in Azure, AWS, or other Cloud platforms.
- 1+ years experience in problem solving and debugging 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 Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
- OR related technical field AND 12+ 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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Responsibilities
- Design and build resilient, scalable systems that enhance the reliability and availability of the Azure platform.
- Apply distributed systems principles to solve complex engineering challenges with simplicity and clarity.
- Collaborate across teams and disciplines to deliver end-to-end solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers.
- Develop and maintain automation for monitoring, failover, and recovery processes.
- Participate in on-call rotations, lead incident response, and drive root cause analysis