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Company

Microsoft · 10 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$138K/yr - $267K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Design and architect features that span across multiple engineering teams.

Collaborate with engineering team to develop high quality software incrementally.

Collaborate with Product managers on product specifications and requirements.

Plan, schedule and deliver quality software incrementally.

Maintain and operate online services.

Review changes to product codebase and provide constructive feedback that align with industry best practices to mentor and grow senior engineers.

Participate respectfully in design, architecture, execution reviews or other team discussions.

Partner with other teams in the organization to leverage work ideas of others to deliver efficiently.

Embody our culture and values

Qualification

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C#JavaPythonPostgreSQLC++JavaScriptDistributed SQL databasesSoftware developmentCloud servicesTechnical engineering

Required

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.

5+ years of software development experience building scalable, distributed online services using C# or other JVM based languages

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

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 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 equivalent experience.

Experience developing PostgreSQL engine, extensions or tools

Experience developing Distributed SQL databases

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

10001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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