Microsoft · 1 day ago
Principal Software Engineer - Azure Kubernetes Service
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company that empowers every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to advance the capabilities of Kubernetes and improve the quality of service for Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service, while building automation to enhance service reliability.
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Responsibilities
Advance the capabilities of Kubernetes and auxiliary components on Azure
Improve quality of service for Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service
Accelerate development velocity for all engineers
Balance pragmatism with vision; deliver continuous improvements to the team’s process and codebase
Build automation to prevent and/or remediate service problems from becoming production incidents
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, Go, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python OR equivalent experience
6+ years experience in building highly scalable and low latency distributed systems
5+ years experience with containers and Kubernetes
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 OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Go, C, C++, C#, Java, OR Python OR 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, Go, C, C++, C#, Java, or Python OR equivalent experience
1+ year(s) experience in Golang
Experience in Linux
Ability to engage in site-reliability engineering practices
Company
Microsoft
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