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Microsoft Principal Lead Software Development Engineer Jobs

47 results in US

Principal Software Engineering, MSN & Windows
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
24h
Principal Software Engineer - Full stack
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
24h
Principal Software Engineer - Architect
Redmond, WA
$166K - $331K (Employer provided)
24h

Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
24h
Principal Security Research Manager
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
24h
Principal Software Engineering Manager
Redmond, WA
$166K - $331K (Employer provided)
2d
Principal Software Engineer (AI / Agentic Developer Productivity)
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
5d
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
5d
Principal Software Engineer
Mountain View, CA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
5d
Principal Firmware Validation Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
5d
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
7d
Principal Software Engineering Manager, CoreAI
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
7d
Principal Software Engineering Manager - CTJ - Poly
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
7d
Principal AI Accelerator Tools Development Engineer
Mountain View, CA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
8d
Principal Software Engineering Manager- Windows Commercial
Redmond, WA
$166K - $331K (Employer provided)
8d
Sr Software Engineer/Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$120K - $304K (Employer provided)
12d
Principal Software Engineering Manager
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
14d
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$166K - $331K (Employer provided)
24d
Principal/Senior Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform - CoreAI
Redmond, WA
$120K - $304K (Employer provided)
26d
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d
Principal Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $331K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior Software Engineer/ Principal Software Engineer - Copilot CLI
Redmond, WA
$120K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineering Lead
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior/Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$120K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer, Foundry Agents - CoreAI
Redmond, WA
$143K - $331K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer Manager
Redmond, WA
$166K - $331K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer Manager- CTJ- Poly
Reston, VA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer - Performance
Mountain View, CA
$143K - $331K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal HW/SW Silicon Architect
Mountain View, CA
$143K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer, Experimentation Platform - CoreAI
Redmond, WA
$143K - $331K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineer - Responsible AI (CoreAI)
Mountain View, CA
$143K - $331K (Employer provided)
30d+
Senior/Principal Software Engineer - Growth (CoreAI)
Mountain View, CA
$120K - $304K (Employer provided)
30d+
Principal Software Engineering - AI Frameworks
Redmond, WA
$143K - $331K (Employer provided)
30d+

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