Principal Software Engineer - HLS

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers to levels they cannot achieve anywhere else. The role is in the Frontier AI team where you will be productizing next generation of premium health visual foundational models and more, working with various stakeholders to define requirements and implement solutions.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Program Management, customers, Data Scientists and other stakeholders to define requirements, scope projects and validate solutions
• Design, implement, ship, and maintain features and services
• Support customers and live site in a DevOps model
• Build for security, privacy, scalability, and compliance
• Lead others by exemplifying technical excellence, inclusiveness, teamwork, and customer focus

Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
• 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
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• 10+ years of experience developing and shipping production software in C#, C++, Java or similar
• 5+ years of experience designing, building and maintaining large scale cloud service in a tech lead capacity
• Experience with .NET, C# and associated toolsets / frameworks
• Experience developing cloud services on Azure/AWS/GCP or other cloud platforms
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Solid hands-on ability to write secure, reliable, and maintainable code and to test and debug it
• Knowledge of RESTful web services technologies like JSON, WebAPI, ASP.Net, and OData
• Ability to operate and be successful in a highly ambiguous, rapidly evolving environment
• Commitment to improving software quality, performance and reliability and engineering excellence
• Effective communication skills, including ability to write concise technical docs and present complex ideas
• Proven ability to create a strategy that translates business needs into workable technology solutions
• Establish technical standards and drive system architecture, engineering practices, and engineering methodologies

Company Overview

• Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. It was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.microsoft.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

• Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 9192 in 2025, 9343 in 2024, 7677 in 2023, 11403 in 2022, 7210 in 2021, 7852 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.