Microsoft · 6 days ago
Principal Data Engineer (CoreAI)
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is at the forefront of redefining how software is built and experienced through its Core AI division. The Principal Data Engineer will lead the data platform for the EngThrive Insights team, focusing on designing data pipelines, curating datasets, and developing dashboards to enhance the developer experience.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Shape the Product Vision: Define and influence the product roadmap by aligning technical strategy with business goals and customer needs
Architect for Scale and Sustainability: Design and evolve durable, scalable system architectures that balance long-term maintainability with short-term delivery needs, making thoughtful engineering trade-offs
Direct Impact: Leads by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across the platform. Creates and applies metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and best practices
Foster Engineering Alignment: Build consensus across engineering teams and partner organizations by driving clarity, alignment, and shared ownership of technical direction
Build Foundational Capabilities: Contribute to and lead the development of core platform components and reusable building blocks that accelerate team velocity and product innovation
Mentor and Grow Talent: Support the growth of engineers through mentorship, knowledge sharing, and by enabling long-term ownership of key systems
Champion Customer-Centric Development: Engage directly with customers and product teams to capture feedback, understand demand signals, and refine product messaging—ensuring the voice of the customer shapes product evolution
Operational Excellence: Drive operational excellence in managing and operating large-scale data systems with a high bar for data quality, stability, security and privacy. Set high standards for reliability and performance
Qualification
Required
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 6+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering OR equivalent experience
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
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
Demonstrated expertise in building, evolving and leading complex data platforms
Experience with data visualization technologies such as PowerBI, Tableau, Grafana, or similar
4+ years of experience working with complex data sets, data pipelines and solving challenging data problems at scale
4+ years of experience and expertise working with data products such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, or similar
Company
Microsoft
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10001+ employees
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