Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft$142K — $274K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field, OR equivalent experience
  • 6+ years of technical engineering experience; coding proficiency in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or 8+ years of technical experience is preferred
  • Experience with infrastructure, engineering systems, and deployments for large-scale distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience with scalable cloud services (Azure, AWS, or GCP)

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain reliable engineering systems and distributed environments for deployment and validation
  • Advance AI and emerging technologies to enhance software development lifecycle efficiency
  • Build automation for production deployment, aiming for zero-touch operations
  • Lead architecture discussions, make design decisions, and define quality assurance strategies
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs
  • Conduct debugging and root cause analysis while improving code quality standards
  • Produce maintainable code prioritizing security, performance, and mentor peers accordingly
  • Contribute to product vision and roadmap while ensuring ongoing service health maintenance

Benefits

  • Participation in the on-call rotation for service maintenance
  • Opportunities for mentoring and collaboration across teams
  • Exposure to the latest in AI and engineering technologies
  • Ability to influence engineering practices throughout the organization
  • Access to career growth and advancement opportunities within Microsoft
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain highly reliable engineering systems and distributed environments that enable engineers to deploy bits and validate changes end to end
  • Advance the use of AI and emerging technologies across the software development lifecycle to shift quality left and improve engineering velocity
  • Build automation for production deployment, targeting zero touch wherever possible
  • Lead architecture and design discussions for complex products, own design decisions, and define test strategies that ensure solution quality
  • Partner with stakeholders such as project managers, technical leads, and internal customers to define requirements and translate them into technical designs
  • Lead debugging and root cause efforts across orgs and teams, applying coding patterns that improve code quality and bring issues to closure
  • Produce extensible, maintainable code with a focus on security, reliability, diagnosability, and performance, and mentor others in identifying dependencies and doing the same
  • Collaborate with and influence engineers within the team and across Microsoft, sharing learnings from investigations and advocating new approaches to current problems
  • Ensure compliance visibility through audit trails and maintain a working understanding of applicable regulations
  • Contribute to product vision, roadmap, and planning, support partner team integration ahead of go live, and participate in the on call rotation to maintain service health
  • Embody our culture and values


Qualifications

Required qualifications :

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
OR equivalent experience.

Additional requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:
  • This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience working on infrastructure, engineering systems, and deployments supporting development of largescale enterprise-class distributed systems software
  • Experience working in a fast-paced environment working with several teams to develop and maintain reliable environments and infrastructure services
  • Proven track record in delivering reliable, scalable and highly performant end-to-end solutions
  • Excellent communication and demonstrated ability to drive cross-team improvements
  • Hands-on engineering experience developing and managing scalable cloud services across technologies such as Azure, AWS or GCP


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Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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