Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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16 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Review feature and system proposals for reliability, security, operational readiness, and compliance, identifying gaps and mitigations.
  • Convert governance requirements into prioritized execution plans, milestones, and measurable quality, security, and compliance outcomes.
  • Define and deliver scripting, workflow, and automation improvements that reduce manual or unsafe operational work.
  • Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across Microsoft and NetApp engineering teams, managing dependencies, risks, and delivery status.
  • Ensure production changes meet operational readiness and safety standards, including validation readiness, rollback planning, and auditability.
  • Document decisions, track risks and issues, and ensure follow-through through closure.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Coding experience with languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft Cloud Background Check and applicable customer or government security screening requirements.
  • Preferred: master’s degree and 8+ years of experience, or bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Working knowledge of public cloud fundamentals, including resource organization, identity and access management, networking, deployment, operations, and cloud service architecture.
  • Experience with reliability, security, and operational-readiness specification reviews; large-scale cloud or distributed systems; resiliency, availability, and recovery patterns; Azure management and automation tools; and technical project or program management.
  • Familiarity with Azure storage and networking architecture.

Benefits

  • Typical U.S. base pay range is USD $142,800-$274,800 per year, with a separate San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area range of USD $188,000-$304,200 per year.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, with the posting open for a minimum of 5 days.

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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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