Principal Software Architect
Job Summary
Job Description
- 8+ years experience
- Modern web tech experience
- Backend service integration
- Cloud-scale infrastructure experience
- Collaboration & leadership skills
- Problem-solving & analytical skills
- Master's degree in CS
- 10+ years experience
15 skills required
Job Details
Overview
We are seeking a Principal Software Architect (Individual Contributor) for the Microsoft Teams Core Messaging group. This person will collaborate with a multi-functional group to deliver next generation innovations and partner with product and engineering teams to invent and deliver on the future for Teams Copilot and Messaging products.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of experience with modern web technologies (React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, Redux, MobX, or similar frameworks), front-end performance optimization, and responsive design.
- Experience with integrating front-end applications with backend services (REST, GraphQL, or other APIs).
- Experience with building cloud-scale infrastructure components.
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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- Problem-solving and analytical skills, with a track record of leading complex software projects.
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a remote team environment.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver quality work on schedule.
Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $161,600 - $286,200 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 $209,600 - $314,400 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until April 30, 2025.
#Copilot #Teams #M365 #Messaging
Responsibilities
- Collaborate and work across multiple disciplines to deliver innovation. Leverages deep subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to lead multiple product's project plans, release plans, and work items.
- Communicate priorities and tradeoffs to lay out a path for achieving a vision.
- Inspire without authority across teams and motivate individuals to work together towards common goals. Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across the company.
- Provide technical leadership for the identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
- Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
- Proactively seek new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.
- Thrive in a bit of chaos and creates the structure needed to execute smoothly at scale.
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