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Principal Software Engineer - Microsoft Substrate Data Plane team M365 Copilot App

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3 days ago
Redmond, WA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate large-scale, highly available cloud services for Microsoft 365 experiences.
  • Drive architecture, development, and delivery of distributed systems focused on scalability, reliability, performance, security, and operational excellence.
  • Develop platform capabilities for AI-powered experiences, including agent orchestration, tool execution, data access, grounding, and workflow automation.
  • Partner with product teams, service owners, and platform engineers to deliver intelligent Microsoft 365 experiences.
  • Use telemetry, automation, and AI-assisted diagnostics to improve service health, incident mitigation, and engineering productivity.
  • Lead complex cross-team technical initiatives, influence long-term platform strategy, and establish engineering best practices.
  • Mentor engineers and foster innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: master's degree and 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or bachelor's degree and 12+ years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Experience with modern AI-driven software development practices, tools, and feedback loops is preferred.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $142,800-$274,800 per year.
  • The base pay range for the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area is 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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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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