Microsoft

Principal Data Engineer

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1 month ago
Redmond, WA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$166k - $331k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture for ETL workflows, data pipelines, data models, and scalable data platforms.
  • Build and operate end-to-end data solutions using Spark or similar distributed systems, Delta Lake, Parquet, Python, and SQL.
  • Develop scalable APIs, data access controls, and RBAC; provision resources through Infrastructure as Code and deliver production deployments with CI/CD.
  • Own complex system-design decisions addressing dependencies, scalability, resiliency, disaster recovery, and cost.
  • Apply AI-assisted practices across design, coding, testing, and troubleshooting while validating AI-generated work.
  • Establish monitoring and operational readiness, resolve incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and implement preventive improvements.
  • Lead design and code reviews, strengthen testing, and incorporate security, privacy, and compliance throughout the solution lifecycle.
  • Collaborate across teams, communicate technical trade-offs, mentor engineers, and improve team capabilities.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Coding experience in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Master’s degree with 12+ years of experience or bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of experience is preferred, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience building data platforms for experimentation, metrics, and scorecards, including success metrics, guardrail metrics, and data quality, is preferred.
  • Experience with Databricks-like platforms is preferred.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $165,600–$296,400 per year; a different range applies to specified San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area locations.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position will remain open for a minimum of 5 days and accept applications on an ongoing basis until filled.

Categories

Data Engineering
Microsoft

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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