Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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3 days ago
Redmond, WA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Set cross-component technical architecture for classification-quality engineering, including boundaries, contracts, data flows, and tradeoffs.
  • Establish quality strategies covering precision, recall, regression detection, representative and negative cases, failure-mode analysis, and actionable metrics.
  • Lead technical design reviews, resolve cross-component dependencies, document tradeoffs, and influence partner teams.
  • Guide implementation and automation through design and code reviews, reusable patterns, and technical standards.
  • Investigate systemic quality regressions and classification failure modes and drive durable remediation.
  • Define rollout, rollback, monitoring, and operational-readiness approaches for cross-component changes.
  • Partner with product, privacy, security, and technical leaders to translate ambiguous requirements into technical strategy.

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.
  • Preferred: master's degree in computer science or a related technical field and 8+ years of experience, or bachelor's degree and 12+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Must pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

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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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