Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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21 hours ago
Redmond, WA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Drive engineering initiatives from experimentation and evaluation through architecture, implementation, and customer delivery.
  • Create, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve service performance, maintainability, and reliability.
  • Build solutions across organizational boundaries and collaborate with product managers and customers using feedback and service telemetry.
  • Participate in live-site operations and improve product availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance.
  • Mentor engineers through knowledge sharing, code reviews, design reviews, architecture proposals, and design documentation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Coding experience in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft Cloud background check and other applicable Microsoft, customer, or government security screening requirements.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree with 8+ years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree with 12+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred experience includes 6+ years building commercial-grade software and mission-critical, large-scale, highly available cloud applications.
  • Preferred experience includes 7+ years building full-stack applications and 4+ years building products for developers.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is $142,800–$274,800 per year, with a separate range for the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for at least five 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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