Principal Software Engineer

59 Minutes ago • 6-10 Years • Full Stack Development • DevOps

About the job

Job Description

The Azure Customer Experience (CXP) team seeks a Principal Software Engineer to transform Microsoft Cloud customers into fans. This role involves deep engineering engagements, analyzing customer needs to improve cloud quality, security, and reliability. Responsibilities include partnering with product groups, leading code development, mentoring others, and driving continuous improvements in architecture and operations. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in distributed systems, cloud architecture, and modern software design patterns. They will provide technical leadership, contribute to incident responses, and demonstrate end-to-end expertise in cloud technologies. The position offers flexible work arrangements with occasional in-office meetings.
Must have:
  • 6+ years experience
  • C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • Distributed systems design
  • Cloud systems architecture
  • Technical leadership
Good to have:
  • Master's Degree
  • C#/Java/C/C++/Golang
  • Microservices, containers
  • Experience in building and operating reliable solutions
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

Overview

Are you a customer-obsessed, AI-curious problem-solver who thrives in an inclusive, collaborative global team? The Azure Customer Experience (CXP) team’s mission is to transform Microsoft Cloud customers into fans. Through our deep engineering engagements with customers and teams across Microsoft, we analyze and amplify customer needs and drive the vision to improve Cloud quality, security, and reliability. Our culture of growth mindset and empowerment are central to who we are and how we work. We are looking to hire a Principal Software Engineer to join our team.

 

We are customer-obsessed problem-solvers. We orchestrate deep engagements in areas like incident management, support, and enablement. We analyze and amplify those customer voices, both within our own team, and across the Cloud + AI team, bringing the customer connection to the Quality vision for Azure. We innovate ways to scale what we learn across our customer base. Diversity and inclusion are central to who we are, how we work, and what we enable our customers to achieve. We know that empowering our customers starts with empowering our team to show up authentically, work in ways that are best for them, and achieve their career goals. Azure Reliability team is a multidisciplinary engineering organization part of CXP dedicated to making, “Azure the safest and most reliable Cloud”.

 

Azure Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams strive to improve reliability fundamentals via software engineering operational improvement, preferring long-lasting platform improvements delivered as engineering projects over repetitive manual operations. We contribute to the product fundamentals and architecture, share knowledge, and code, and prefer reuse over re-invention, always looking for ways to make what we build useful to multiple teams and products.

 

We are not looking for people who know it all, we are looking for people who want to learn it all. We value the input of people who aren’t afraid to learn all the time and embrace mistakes as they continuously improve both our services and themselves. If you are excited by this type of challenge and you love to work in groups of people who are similarly excited: come join us!

 

Every day, our customers stake their business and reputation on our cloud. You can help Azure CXP provide our customers with the world-class cloud services they need to succeed.

 

This role supports flexible work from home with occasional in-office meetings. Relocation assistance is not provided for this role.

 

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/Minimum 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.

 

Preferred/Additional 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.
  • Awareness and ability to reason about, modern distributed software design patterns and cloud systems architecture, including microservices, containers, load-balancing, queuing, caching.
  • Experience with C#/Java/C/C++/Golang.
  • Experience in building, shipping and operating reliable solutions.

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:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 29, 2025.

 

 

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Responsibilities

  • Partner across multiple product groups to apply subject-matter expertise in distributed systems design practices, interactions between cloud technology layers and components, basic dependencies at scale, and the code that defines infrastructures.
  • Lead by example and mentors' others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
  • Develop and evangelize insights, best practices, and standards that can be applied to improve system, platform, and/or product development and operations across the business.
  • Drive continuous improvements in the architecture, code, features, operations and comprehensive use scenarios of products by leveraging end-to-end technical expertise.
  • Make improvements to the product fundamentals and architecture, share knowledge and code, always looking for ways to make what we build useful to multiple teams and products. 
  • Demonstrates end-to-end expertise in distributed systems design, interactions between cloud technology layers.
  • Provide technical leadership in test maturity reviews, static analysisreviews, meetings, on-call rotations, and incident responses throughout product development and operations cycles.
  • Provides deep business and technical expertise as required to resolve major incidents.
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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$137.6K - $294.0K/yr (Outscal est.)
$215.8K/yr avg.
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

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