Microsoft

Principal Architect

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16 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$166k - $331k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Own overall system architecture for complex commerce products and determine the best design direction.
  • Identify dependencies and develop architecture and design documents for products, applications, services, and platforms.
  • Write and review extensible, maintainable code while leading by example on engineering quality, security, and live-site excellence.
  • Lead product project plans, release plans, and work items across multiple products and teams.
  • Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual, mentor engineers, and participate in on-call monitoring for degradation, downtime, and interruptions.
  • Improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, performance, monitoring, and operations at scale.

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 one or more of C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Preferred: master’s degree with 12+ years of experience, or bachelor’s degree with 15+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: experience architecting large-scale, high-availability distributed cloud services, ideally in commerce, billing, payments, or another high-volume transactional domain.
  • Preferred: ability to set technical direction across multiple teams and organizations and influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $165,600–$296,400 per year; a different range applies to specified locations including the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The Microsoft Cloud Background Check is required upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
  • Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled, with the position 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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