Principal Software Engineer
Microsoft
Responsibilities
- Lead by example, producing high-quality, reusable code and mentoring the team on best practices for debugging, optimization, and refactoring.
- Drive the design and architecture, ensuring systems meet security, scalability, and performance requirements while coordinating dependencies across teams.
- Define testing strategies and guide the team on quality assurance practices, balancing efficiency with comprehensive test coverage to ensure solution stability.
- Champion AI, automation and effective tooling across development and deployment workflows. Stay current on trends and promote best practices for code quality, security, and maintainability.
- Serve as a technical liaison, fostering collaboration across departments to align development goals and achieve cohesive user experiences.
- Oversee deployment strategies, ensuring secure, reliable deployments with minimal disruption.
- Lead integration of telemetry and monitoring to ensure comprehensive visibility into system health, using data to drive improvements.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to refine user requirements and continuously improve based on customer feedback and key metrics.
- Identify hard problems, evaluate the pros/cons of practical solutions, and drive decision making.
- Become part of a talented team that values diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds and be a role model for an open, honest, and inclusive approach to solving problems.
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.
Other 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.
- Expertise in designing and architecting complex, large-scale systems with a focus on performance, scalability, and security on top of large language models (LLMs)
- Ability to collaborate across multiple disciplines.
- Proven track record of customer-focused innovation.
Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $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
Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $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.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.