Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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3 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Determine user requirements and scenarios with stakeholders.
  • Lead dependency identification and development of design documents for products, applications, services, or platforms.
  • Develop extensible and maintainable code and mentor other engineers.
  • Coordinate cross-product features, project plans, release plans, and work items across engineering groups.
  • Improve product availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance while driving consistent monitoring and operations at scale.
  • Apply AI and agents across engineering design, qualification, deployment, and operations.
  • Lead technical initiatives across Azure engineering, hardware, supply chain, datacenter operations, Microsoft Research, and external partners.

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, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Preferred: master's degree and 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or bachelor's degree and 12+ years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $142,800-$274,800 per year, with a separate range for specified San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan locations.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for a minimum of 5 days and accepts applications 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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