Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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2 months ago
Redmond, WA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define the architecture and migration path from proprietary tools to .NET Aspire and Azure platform capabilities.
  • Translate deployment, compliance, and security requirements into typed APIs, analyzers, and build gates.
  • Build production-quality control-plane capabilities with secure defaults, strong testing, clear ownership, and zero-touch deployment where possible.
  • Improve service-team workflows through diagnostics, safe upgrade paths, self-service experiences, and adoption-driven improvements.
  • Drive technical alignment with .NET, Azure, CISO, security, compliance, and service engineering partners.
  • Lead design reviews, incident learning, and reusable engineering practices across teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Coding experience in one or more of C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft and applicable customer or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Preferred: Master's degree and 8+ years of experience, or bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: 3+ years of experience building cloud-native applications or platform services on Azure using C# and modern .NET.
  • Preferred: experience with policy-as-code, infrastructure-as-code, developer tooling, or deployment systems used by multiple engineering teams.
  • Preferred: experience leading technical partnerships across multiple teams such as Azure, .NET, security, compliance, or service engineering.

Benefits

  • The role may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The Microsoft Cloud Background Check is required upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • The position is open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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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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