Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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12 days ago
Aliso Viejo, CA, USA or Redmond, WA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define the long-term technical vision and architecture for the Fabric Data Warehouse Distributed Query Processing platform.
  • Lead the design and evolution of distributed execution, scheduling, resource management, workload isolation, and performance optimization technologies.
  • Solve distributed-systems challenges involving scale, concurrency, fault tolerance, elasticity, efficiency, and service reliability.
  • Establish architectural standards, engineering practices, technical governance, and design-review processes.
  • Partner across engineering, product management, design, data science, and other teams to deliver end-to-end analytics solutions.
  • Mentor senior engineers and technical leaders and foster technical excellence and innovation.
  • Lead cross-organizational initiatives advancing the Microsoft Fabric analytics platform.
  • Use AI-driven development practices, automation, and intelligent observability to improve engineering productivity and platform reliability.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Strong distributed-systems experience and understanding of scale, resiliency, and reliability patterns.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft Cloud Background Check and other applicable security-screening requirements.
  • Preferred: Master’s degree and 8+ years of experience, or bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: Strong AI-first mindset, growth orientation, and interest in improving engineering effectiveness and customer outcomes.

Benefits

  • Base pay is listed at USD $142,800–$274,800 per year across the U.S., with a separate San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area range of USD $188,000–$304,200 per year.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, with the posting open for a minimum of 5 days.
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Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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