Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure & AI Systems

Quick Facts

• Architect and deliver highly scalable cloud services for firmware lifecycle management across Azure global infrastructure.
• Build AI-driven, autonomous platform capabilities for deployment, compliance, predictive maintenance, and remediation.

Description

Lead complex initiatives to power intelligent firmware lifecycle management, fleet health, and platform reliability across Azure’s global infrastructure. You will design scalable systems using telemetry, machine learning, and automation to proactively detect, diagnose, and remediate out-of-service nodes and infrastructure issues. The role emphasizes technical leadership across multiple organizations and measurable Azure-wide impact.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate intelligent cloud services for firmware lifecycle management, fleet health, and platform reliability.
• Lead development of AI-driven and autonomous capabilities for deployment orchestration, firmware compliance, predictive maintenance, and infrastructure remediation.
• Drive complex, cross-organizational initiatives across Infrastructure, AI, Hardware, Firmware, and Datacenter Operations teams.
• Architect systems leveraging telemetry, machine learning, and automation to detect, diagnose, and remediate infrastructure health issues.
• Solve distributed systems and cloud-scale engineering problems to improve reliability, efficiency, and operational excellence across hardware generations and SKUs.
• Provide technical leadership influencing Azure-wide engineering strategy through innovation and collaboration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent).
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.