Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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8 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, resilient, and secure AI infrastructure, Kubernetes, open-source, and cloud-native solutions.
  • Design, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code for Kubernetes and related components on Azure and open-source platforms.
  • Integrate AI capabilities into product development and improve developer efficiency.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, monitor products, troubleshoot issues, and provide timely customer support.
  • Mentor and guide engineers while balancing near-term pragmatism with long-term technical vision.
  • Improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, performance, monitoring, and operations at scale.

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 Go, Rust, C++, C#, Java, or Python.
  • Preferred: master's degree with 8+ years of experience, or bachelor's degree with 12+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: 8+ years of experience involving Linux or Unix-like server environments, containers, Kubernetes, cloud-native technologies, Azure, or other cloud management technology.
  • Preferred: 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Go, cloud-native technologies, workload and container orchestration, and Linux environments.
  • Preferred: 3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools and processes such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, or GitLab.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft Cloud Background Check and applicable customer or government security screening requirements.

Benefits

  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • 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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