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Posted date: Dec 02, 2025
There have been 3 jobs posted with the title of Principal Software Engineer, Exploration (CoreAI) all time at Microsoft.Category: Software Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $222,050
Range: $139,900 - $304,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 3 days / week in-office
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewThe Core AI team is dedicated to empowering every developer to shape the future with AI. This involves creating tools, platforms, and workflows that redefine software development and enable dynamic, AI driven applications.
We are an exploration team within Core AI focused on generating innovative ideas in the AI space and then applying them to developer processes and tools. We conceptualize, explore, and build new disruptive capabilities by pulling together product and research efforts across the company, the open-source community, and academia to build great products. We work closely with contributors and leaders from relevant product and research teams to educate our point of view on issues and opportunities, collaboratively define concrete exploration plans, and bring the best ideas—whether developed internally or externally—to life as transformative products.
We are looking for an experienced software engineer that is passionate about AI, new technology, writing code, understanding & leveraging AI foundation and distilled models, and moving ideas from wonder to results.
Responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced software engineer that is passionate about Artificial Intelligence (AI), new technology, writing code, understanding & leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) foundation and distilled models, and moving ideas from wonder to results. This person be a great team player, and know the developer job deeply. We need a curious and excited technologist that’s able to help shape musings into solid product ideas. This person should be comfortable working on a team that has market changing ideas and wants to help transform those ideas into reality.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
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 PythonOR equivalent experience.
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.
Preferred 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 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
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:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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, read more about requesting accommodations.
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