Principal Software Engineer

The Direct Machine Learning (ML) Platform Team in the Core Operating System (OS) organization places Microsoft's best innovations in machine learning and AI in the hiring manager’s team overview) hands of millions of Windows developers worldwide. The Direct Machine Learning Team is responsible for driving platform innovations for machine learning across Graphic Processing Unit, Central Processing Unit, and Neural Processing Unit (NPU) on various hardware architectures at the scale of the Windows ecosystem. Our platform, built on the DirectML core operating system stack is at the heart of the Windows Copilot Runtime. It helps power countless machine learning workloads from computer visions, audio and video to the latest generative AI models.

Our mission is to realize the Windows Copilot+ PC vision and make Windows an Artififcal Intelligence (AI) -first PC for developers by delivering breakthrough technology that will help drive Microsoft's leadership in AI for years to come. We are a learn-it-all team with passion and specialty in designing high-performance systems and tools that leverage cutting-edge hardware capabilities from optimized Graphic Procesing Unit (GPU) compute kernels to dedicated AI processor architectures on the NPU and optimized instructions on the Central Processing Unit (CPU.) We are looking for a "Princpal Software Engineer" with a desire to learn and be immersed in this fundamental platform shift that AI brings by helping the team to build highly efficient execution engines and tools in a fast-moving but highly collaborative environment. This important role offers a significant potential to positively impact Microsoft and the future of the tech industry.

In Core Operating System, we are responsible for the Operating Systems that power Azure, Microsoft's Linux Operating System, the platforms for Windows Client and Xbox, and our Windows Server ecosystem – through all of these, we support every one of our cloud businesses and billions of customers around the world. In this era of ubiquitous computing, systems software excellence has never been more important for Microsoft. High quality, high-efficiency operating systems and platform components underpin everything we do as a company, from making our systems more reliable for our customers, to increasing our competitiveness by reducing Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), to delivering new features and capabilities to delight customers – that’s all us!

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.