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Principal Software Engineer Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-03 → 2026-09-30

Core

Provide hands-on technical leadership in building and shipping LLM and Generative AI solutions while leading a diverse engineering team and setting direction for high-scale backend services on Azure.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer Manager (Generative AI & Cloud Infrastructure)

Builds

High-scale backend services, LLM/GenAI solutions, and Azure infrastructure

Domain

Generative AI, Cloud Infrastructure, Backend Systems

Required skills

LLM and Generative AI development, Azure cloud platform, high-scale backend service architecture, Infrastructure-as-Code, incident response and service reliability, test strategy and automation, event-driven and microservices architecture, GDPR and security compliance, team leadership and hiring, technical mentorship

Preferred skills

Experience with C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, experience with Azure Monitor and observability tooling, experience with fraud detection systems

Technologies

Azure, LLMs, Generative AI, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Infrastructure-as-Code, Azure Monitor, Geneva

Responsibilities

Lead, attract, hire, mentor, and retain a diverse engineering team; Set technical direction for high-scale backend services and Azure infrastructure; Own service reliability and performance as DRI; Partner across frontend, product, design, and program management to deliver high-impact services; Ensure engineering quality, security, privacy, and compliance through test strategy and automation.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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