Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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8 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$166k - $331k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and deliver scalable, resilient, secure AI infrastructure and Kubernetes, open-source, and cloud-native solutions.
  • Implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code for Kubernetes and related components on Azure and open-source platforms.
  • Enable AI capabilities, including AI/ML inferencing, retraining, and cloud-native workload management.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, monitor products, troubleshoot issues, and provide timely customer support.
  • Improve availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, performance, monitoring, and operations at scale.
  • Mentor and guide engineers while collaborating with cross-functional teams.

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 with languages including Go, Rust, C++, C#, Java, or Python.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Preferred: master's degree and 12+ years of experience, or bachelor's degree and 15+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: 10+ years of experience with at least two of Linux or Unix-like server environments, containers, Kubernetes or other cloud-native technologies, and Azure or another cloud management technology.
  • Preferred: 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes, Go, cloud-native technologies, workload and container orchestration, and Linux environments.
  • Preferred: 3+ years of experience with CI/CD tools and processes such as Azure DevOps, GitHub, or GitLab.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $165,600-$296,400 per year, with a separate higher range for specified San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area locations.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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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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