# Principal Software Engineer

**Company**: Microsoft AI
**Location**: Redmond
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 – $274,800 per year.
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Are you excited about the potential of AI to revolutionize digital advertising? Join our team and play a pivotal role in building Advertiser Copilot, an innovative AI-powered assistant designed to help advertisers create and manage their campaigns through a seamless chat-based interface.

Leveraging state-of-the-art Generative AI (GenAI), Advertiser Copilot generates text, image, and video creative assets, making campaign creation efficient and intuitive.

As a Software Engineer on our team, you will:

- Design and develop the core platform for Advertiser Copilot using Semantic Kernel to enable intelligent interactions.

- Integrate cutting-edge GenAI models for text, image, and video generation, empowering advertisers to craft high-quality creatives effortlessly.

- Build scalable and efficient AI-driven workflows for campaign management within a chat-based UI.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including AI researchers, product managers, and UX designers, to deliver an intuitive and powerful advertiser experience.

- Ensure high system reliability, security, and performance to support a production-grade AI assistant.

This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, work with the latest advancements in Generative AI, and influence technology development in a high-impact growth area at Microsoft AI.

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.

Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.

## Skills

### Required
- C
- C++
- C#
- Java
- JavaScript
- Python
- Semantic Kernel
- Azure/AWS
- Kubernetes
- REST API development

### Nice to have
- Generative AI
- cloud technologies

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