Principal Software Engineer - Edge Web Platform

1 Month ago • 6-10 Years • Full Stack Development • $137,600 PA - $294,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Principal Software Engineer in Microsoft's Edge Web Platform team will play a vital role in shaping the future of web development. This involves collaborating with developers and users, contributing to web standards (W3C/IETF), and improving the Chromium open-source project. Responsibilities include understanding user needs, developing designs, creating maintainable code, mentoring engineers, and ensuring system reliability. The role requires strong technical expertise in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python and experience in web standardization efforts and contributions to web platform implementations (Chromium, Gecko, WebKit). The engineer will work directly with Microsoft web properties (Teams, Office), third-party sites and the Windows team, prioritising improvements and ensuring a world-class user experience.
Must have:
  • 6+ years experience
  • Web standardization experience (W3C/IETF)
  • Contributions to web platform implementations (Chromium etc.)
  • C/C++/C#/Java/JavaScript/Python skills
  • Lead design & development
  • Mentor engineers
  • System reliability focus
Good to have:
  • Master's degree in CS
  • 10+ years experience
Perks:
  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Networking opportunities

Job Details

Overview

The Edge Web Platform team leads Microsoft’s efforts to make the web the premier platform for developing applications. We achieve this by proposing, improving, and implementing new capabilities through contributions to web standards and the open-source Chromium project. By joining our team, you will play a crucial role in enhancing the web experience for billions of users.


As a Principal Software Engineer in the Edge Web Platform team, you will collaborate directly with developers and users to understand how the web should evolve to meet their needs and then work to make the identified improvements a reality. You will make direct connections with partner developers working on major Microsoft web properties (including Teams, Office, and others), third-party sites and applications, and the Windows team. These collaborations will enable you to prioritize improvements and partner to evolve the browser and the Windows OS to deliver a world-class experience for users. Additionally, you will engage in public web standards efforts and contribute to the open-source Chromium project.

 

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 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience in successfully engaging in web standardization efforts (e.g. in the W3C and/or IETF).
  • Demonstrable prior contributions to web platform implementations (e.g. Chromium, Gecko, and/or WebKit).

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor'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 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 equivalent experience.

 

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: y

Microsoft will accept applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

 

 

#MicrosoftAI, #MAI, #Edge

Responsibilities

  • Partner with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.
  • Lead identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
  • Lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
  • Leverage subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items.
  • 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.
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

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