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Original Job Post

Microsoft · 1 day ago

Principal Software Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$134K/yr - $257K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

We are looking for engineers to work on back-end systems

Design and develop distributed systems. Coding is critical to this position

Deploy systems to production. Production health is a direct responsibility of this position, including on call duties

Define and monitor metrics to track both production health and feature adoption

Work with customers to resolve their issues and gather requirements for new features

Work with Microsoft stakeholders in and out of the immediate team to make sure our code is compliant and secure, as much as it solves customer problems

Embody our culture and values

Qualification

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Software DevelopmentScalabilityIncident ManagementProblem-SolvingTime ManagementPerformance analysisQuality engineeringDistributed systemsDatabase internalsCompiler internalsNative programmingCollaborationEmpathyCuriosity

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or equivalent field of study AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python.

6+ years of experience in developing and shipping complex and scalable software systems, managing live site incidents

Preferred

Have a deep desire to work collaboratively, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions and celebrate successes

Great design and problem-solving skills, with a passion for performance analysis, quality, and engineering excellence at scale. Curiosity and willingness to question

Solve problems by always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers. Get excited about solving hard technical problems

Our code runs on hundreds of thousands of machines on multiple continents. Knowledge of distributed systems, including high-performance distributed storage, databases and networking is strongly preferred

Experience in database internals (e.g., B+ trees, query optimization) a major plus

Experience in compiler internals (e.g., MySQL/PostgreSQL query compiler, C++, .NET) a major plus

Experience in high performant, lock-free, native programming in distributed systems is a major plus

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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