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Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be, and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.
The CoreAI organization at Microsoft builds the end-to-end AI stack and is core to Azure AI innovation and differentiation, as well as all of Microsoft’s flagship products, from GitHub, to Office, Teams, and Xbox. We are the team building Responsible AI, Azure OpenAI, Model as a Service, Azure ML, Cognitive Services, and the global Azure AI infrastructure for running the largest AI workloads on the planet. We do not just value differences or different perspectives, we seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served. Within CoreAI, the Foundry team empowers builders around the world of all skill levels to easily create AI apps.
The Responsible AI group focuses on identifying, measuring, mitigating, and monitoring Responsible AI risks in AI-generated and human-generated content spanning text, image, audio, video, and multimodal content. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer - Responsible AI who is passionate about building customer-facing AI services with scalable and sustainable architecture and implementation and with high performance, low latency, and high availability. In this role, you will work with a unique group of talented engineers, scientists, and product managers to build the industry's best Responsible AI services. You will own the design of new AI services and integration with existing services such as Azure AI Content Safety, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Studio, and more.
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.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop large-scale distributed cloud services and solutions with a focus on high availability, scalability, robustness, and observability.
- Lead project development across the organization and work with subject matter experts and stakeholders to drive development and release plans.
- Take end-to-end responsibility for the development lifecycle and production readiness of the services you build and drive the team’s DevOps culture.
- Drive and uphold the best practices of modern software engineering through code and design reviews and take effective service decisions based on data and telemetry.
- Understand Microsoft businesses and collaborate with stakeholders towards cohesive, end-to-end experiences for Microsoft customers.
- Embrace a growth mindset and stay up to date with the current and state-of-the-art technologies to improve customer experience and better serve the product’s business needs.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
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.
Preferred/Additional Qualifications
- 4+ years of technical engineering experience designing and delivering highly available, large-scale cloud services and distributed systems.
- 2+ years of technical engineering experience with machine learning model development, release, and operations.
- Demonstrate depth of knowledge and understanding of software architecture, design tradeoffs, and practices of mature DevOps culture.
- Experience using appropriate artificial intelligence (AI) tools and practices across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a disciplined manner.
- Experience in any one or more of the following areas:
- Safety and governance platforms for AI models and agents
- Inference, routing, orchestration, and policy enforcement systems
- Evaluation, red teaming, and monitoring infrastructure for AI systems
- Deployment automation, CI/CD, and compliance tooling (e.g., zero-manual-effort deployments)
- Multimodal safety infrastructure (image, video, audio, provenance)
- Agent governance and control-plane capabilities
Compensation
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.
Overview
Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be, and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world.
The CoreAI organization at Microsoft builds the end-to-end AI stack and is core to Azure AI innovation and differentiation, as well as all of Microsoft’s flagship products, from GitHub, to Office, Teams, and Xbox. We are the team building Responsible AI, Azure OpenAI, Model as a Service, Azure ML, Cognitive Services, and the global Azure AI infrastructure for running the largest AI workloads on the planet. We do not just value differences or different perspectives, we seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served. Within CoreAI, the Foundry team empowers builders around the world of all skill levels to easily create AI apps.
The Responsible AI group focuses on identifying, measuring, mitigating, and monitoring Responsible AI risks in AI-generated and human-generated content spanning text, image, audio, video, and multimodal content. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer - Responsible AI who is passionate about building customer-facing AI services with scalable and sustainable architecture and implementation and with high performance, low latency, and high availability. In this role, you will work with a unique group of talented engineers, scientists, and product managers to build the industry's best Responsible AI services. You will own the design of new AI services and integration with existing services such as Azure AI Content Safety, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure AI Studio, and more.
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.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop large-scale distributed cloud services and solutions with a focus on high availability, scalability, robustness, and observability.
- Lead project development across the organization and work with subject matter experts and stakeholders to drive development and release plans.
- Take end-to-end responsibility for the development lifecycle and production readiness of the services you build and drive the team’s DevOps culture.
- Drive and uphold the best practices of modern software engineering through code and design reviews and take effective service decisions based on data and telemetry.
- Understand Microsoft businesses and collaborate with stakeholders towards cohesive, end-to-end experiences for Microsoft customers.
- Embrace a growth mindset and stay up to date with the current and state-of-the-art technologies to improve customer experience and better serve the product’s business needs.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
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.
Preferred/Additional Qualifications
- 4+ years of technical engineering experience designing and delivering highly available, large-scale cloud services and distributed systems.
- 2+ years of technical engineering experience with machine learning model development, release, and operations.
- Demonstrate depth of knowledge and understanding of software architecture, design tradeoffs, and practices of mature DevOps culture.
- Experience using appropriate artificial intelligence (AI) tools and practices across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a disciplined manner.
- Experience in any one or more of the following areas:
- Safety and governance platforms for AI models and agents
- Inference, routing, orchestration, and policy enforcement systems
- Evaluation, red teaming, and monitoring infrastructure for AI systems
- Deployment automation, CI/CD, and compliance tooling (e.g., zero-manual-effort deployments)
- Multimodal safety infrastructure (image, video, audio, provenance)
- Agent governance and control-plane capabilities
Compensation
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process.
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Align your resume to Microsoft's engineering levels
Microsoft maps Software Developer roles to internal levels (SDE I through Principal). Frame your experience against scope, ownership, and impact, the language their hiring managers use, so your application reads as a level match from the start.
Target teams shipping cloud and AI products
Azure, Microsoft 365, and Copilot are where the bulk of Software Developer hiring happens. Filtering by these product areas in your search puts you in front of teams with consistent headcount approval and active sponsorship pipelines.
Confirm visa type eligibility before your offer stage
Microsoft sponsors H-1B, E-3, and H-1B1 visas depending on your nationality. Knowing which category applies to you before negotiations start means you can ask the right questions about timing and filing without slowing the offer process down.
Prepare your degree equivalency documentation early
H-1B specialty occupation requires a directly related bachelor's degree or equivalent. If your credential is a three-year degree or from a non-U.S. institution, get a credential evaluation from a NACES-approved evaluator before your first interview.
Factor H-1B cap timing into your start date expectations
H-1B petitions are subject to an annual cap with an October 1 start date. If you receive an offer outside the filing window, work with Microsoft's immigration team to understand whether cap-exempt filing or an alternative status bridges the gap.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does Microsoft sponsor H-1B visas for Software Developers?
Yes, Microsoft sponsors H-1B visas for Software Developer roles as a standard part of its technical hiring process. Microsoft's in-house immigration team handles the filing, including the Labor Condition Application with the DOL. Because the H-1B is subject to an annual cap and lottery, your timeline to a work start date depends on when your offer is made relative to the April filing window.
How do I apply for Software Developer jobs at Microsoft?
Applications go through Microsoft's careers portal, where you can filter by role and location. The process typically involves a recruiter screen, technical phone interviews, and a full virtual or on-site loop covering coding, system design, and behavioral rounds. Migrate Mate lists Microsoft's active Software Developer openings filtered by visa sponsorship type, which makes it easier to find roles that match your specific situation before applying.
Which visa types does Microsoft commonly use for Software Developer roles?
Microsoft sponsors H-1B visas for most nationalities, E-3 visas for Australian citizens, and H-1B1 visas for citizens of Chile and Singapore. For longer-term pathways, Microsoft also supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card sponsorship. The visa type offered depends on your citizenship, not the role itself, so it helps to know which category applies to you before the offer stage.
What qualifications does Microsoft expect for sponsored Software Developer roles?
Most Software Developer positions at Microsoft require a bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field, which also satisfies the H-1B specialty occupation requirement. Beyond credentials, Microsoft's hiring bars for these roles emphasize proficiency in data structures and algorithms, system design at scale, and demonstrated ownership of shipped software. Relevant internship experience or prior work in cloud, AI, or enterprise software strengthens your profile.
How long does the visa sponsorship process take at Microsoft?
Timeline depends on visa type and when you receive your offer. For H-1B, Microsoft files in April for an October 1 start, so offers made outside that window may require bridging on another status. E-3 and H-1B1 visa petitions can be filed year-round without a cap, often resolving within two to three months. USCIS premium processing is available for faster adjudication and is commonly used by large employers like Microsoft to reduce uncertainty.