Microsoft · 15 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is seeking an experienced and self-motivated Principal Software Engineer to join the Purview Data Governance team. This role focuses on building a market-leading SaaS product for enterprise data governance customers, driving a culture of innovation and collaboration while ensuring high-quality results and scalability in cloud services.
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Responsibilities
Drives a customer-first, live site-first, design-first, and agile team culture to develop, secure and operate cloud services at high scale, throughput, and resilience
Leads and implements design decisions to champion and incorporate scalability, cost optimization, and observability
Develops and maintains a comprehensive architecture and execution plan for the long term
Creates clarity and leads the definition of priorities and planning of engineering deliverables
Demonstrates a strong dedication to achieving high quality results, in line with customer focus and project timelines
Tackles challenges posed by problems with unclear solutions, timelines, and constraints
Facilitates alignment within and across all the partner teams on technology and design decisions
Fosters a culture of partnership, respect, and inclusion working within and across teams, roles, and geography
Offers expert technical advice to the leadership team
Mentors and grows other engineers
Qualification
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
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Preferred
Desire to become an expert in the practice of modern data governance
2+ years of experience working on a commercial software product
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python OR equivalent experience
Company
Microsoft
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10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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