Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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Redmond, WA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop features for large-scale distributed software services using AI-assisted development methods.
  • Provide technical leadership across the privileged-access ecosystem and shape architectures for highly available security services.
  • Design systems with well-defined interfaces, participate in code reviews, and use data and telemetry to guide engineering decisions.
  • Build modular, secure, reliable, diagnosable, monitored, and reusable services and components.
  • Communicate complex technical concepts across organizational boundaries and champion effective AI use throughout development and operations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Preferred: 5+ years architecting and designing highly available, resilient, high-scale distributed systems.
  • Preferred: 5+ years developing backend services using C#.
  • Preferred: experience with security, identity, authorization, privileged access management, or related technologies.

Benefits

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