Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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17 hours ago
Bengaluru, India or Hyderābād, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate next-generation Azure MySQL database cloud services at global scale.
  • Own complex engineering problems end to end and make pragmatic, high-impact technical decisions.
  • Write clean, reliable, maintainable code and deliver quickly in ambiguous, high-pressure environments.
  • Lead technical decisions independently, mentor engineers, and work cross-functionally.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 12+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check screening upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems or cloud services is preferred.
  • Strong programming skills and deep knowledge of a programming language, its standard library, data structures, and algorithms are preferred.
  • Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills are preferred.
  • Proven ability to lead technical decisions independently, mentor engineers, work cross-functionally, and deliver reliable, maintainable code is preferred.
  • Familiarity with control-plane design patterns, service orchestration, and scaling stateful services and distributed systems is preferred.
  • Experience with database internals, performance tuning, failover, replication, Linux troubleshooting, memory-dump analysis, and low-level performance is a plus.
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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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