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Microsoft · 23 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$138K/yr - $267K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for system architecture and design.

Participate in the creation of new infrastructure to optimize around physical platform architecture, being a key member of the v-team during the design, development, and deployment phases.

Characterizes the performance of hardware components and platforms, and optimizes systems for performance, cost savings, and reliability.

Builds and improves automation to aid in performance characterization, lab and scale testing, and onboarding of new hardware platforms.

Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for Azure platforms and VMs.

Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive project plans, release plans, and work items.

Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.

Proactively seeks 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.

Qualification

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Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Python, or assembly language + OR equivalent experience.

6+ years of industry experience working with computer architecture/hardware, operating systems, networking, large-scale distributed systems, performance characterization, and hardware technologies in the cloud.

3+ years of experience in the creation of new infrastructure to optimize around physical platform architecture.

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

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering 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, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering 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.

Experience with the following: Working with vendors, customers, and internal partners in a cloud environment and defining, validating, and managing hardware virtualization technologies, Mentoring/managing team members, Improving efficiency, creating clarity, and driving cross team collaboration to achieve results.

Company

Microsoft

Glassdoor

4.3

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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