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Principal Engineer, Microsoft AI

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In short

Microsoft AI is seeking a Principal Engineer to join the Edge Web Platform team, focusing on building foundational browser and AI technologies. This role involves defining and delivering web platform capabilities, contributing to Chromium, and advancing web standards. Requires strong systems engineering skills and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction and drive architecture and API design across Edge, Chromium, and the web ecosystem.
  • Deliver foundational web platform innovations focused on correctness, performance, security, accessibility, and compatibility.
  • Contribute directly to Chromium to benefit browsers and the web community.
  • Partner with standards bodies, open-source communities, browser vendors, and internal teams to advance interoperable web capabilities.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship, improving engineering quality, design, and cross-team execution on complex problems.

Requirements

  • 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++ and/or Rust OR equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check required.

Desired Qualifications

  • 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 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.
  • Experience contributing to large-scale software engineering projects.
  • Experience designing or implementing browser, runtime, operating-system, or other performance-critical systems.
  • Experience with the Chromium codebase and web standards, or with comparable browser or runtime systems.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership across teams or organizations on complex, cross-cutting initiatives.
  • Strong design, coding, debugging, and performance-analysis skills in C++ or a comparable systems-programming language.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape widely used web platform technologies.
  • Advance capabilities, performance, security, accessibility, and user experience.
  • Work on initiatives central to Edge's web platform strategy.
  • Collaborate with standards bodies, open-source communities, and other browser vendors.
  • Contribute to a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive.
#Software Engineering#Web Platform#Browser Technologies#AI#Chromium
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Company

Microsoft

Job Posted

4 weeks ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

Hybrid

Experience Level

Executive

Locations

United States

Qualification

Bachelor

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