# Principal Software Engineer - AI Experiences, Advertising

OverviewMicrosoft Advertising is a rapid-growing business powering global advertisers across search, display, and emerging AI-driven channels. Our CRM team builds next-generation customer relationship management solutions that unify advertiser data, enable intelligent workflows, and deliver actionable insights across sales, marketing, and service. If you're a Principal Software Engineer passionate about AI innovation, Copilot experiences, and building systems that empower thousands of sellers and marketers worldwide, this is your opportunity to make an impact. 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. AI Experiences employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft Hub in the U.S. 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. Responsibiliti

- **Id**: 3836298
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-software-engineer-ai-experiences-advertising>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Mountain View, United States, Washington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-30T15:05:40Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T08:54:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 10
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4477
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 471
- **Ghost share**: 0.006
- **Stale share**: 0.597
- **Repost share**: 0.04
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 142800
- **Max**: 274800
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 274800

## Technologies

- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Power BI** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 10

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 12
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T21:04:19Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,957 · green card filings: 2,767; Filings 12m: 6957

## Liveness

- **Score**: 56
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.624
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 10
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:mid, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 274800
- **Is top pay**: yes

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