Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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19 hours ago
Redmond, WA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$166k - $331k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define technical vision, architecture, and strategy for large systems.
  • Design, build, review, and optimize scalable, reliable, secure, and operationally excellent systems.
  • Lead cross-team engineering initiatives, major investments, and adoption of shared platforms and services.
  • Influence product and engineering roadmaps across multiple organizations.
  • Partner with Product Management, Design, Data Science, Security, and engineering leaders.
  • Mentor engineers, conduct code and design reviews, and develop technical talent.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: 10+ years of software engineering experience and a proven record delivering large-scale services or products.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud computing, system architecture, performance and scalability, and security and reliability engineering.
  • Proficiency in C#, Java, C++, Python, Go, and Azure technologies.
  • Ability to lead complex cross-team initiatives and influence without direct authority.
  • Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud background checks upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

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BackendData Engineering
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About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

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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