Microsoft · 20 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers to levels they cannot achieve anywhere else. The Principal Software Engineer will lead the design and implementation of components across the core platform that supports the Dynamics and Power Platform workload, leveraging AI to enhance engineering workflows and drive product improvements.
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Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of components across the core platform that supports the Dynamics and Power Platform workload
Leverage AI to reimagine the systems and the processes across the engineering workflow from planning and development to deploying and operating them at global scale
Identify emerging trends or re-occurring escalation scenarios and drive engineering opportunities to mitigate and/or eliminate the category of failure. This can include a range of potential fixes; such as self-healing mechanisms, self-serve, transparency, automation, and/or increasing the capabilities for Azure support
Drive to product improvements by filing impactful bugs, design change requests, and fixes shipped to production, preventing customer impact
Able to work well in challenging situations while exhibiting flexibility and the ability to tolerate and manage through ambiguity and uncertainty
Beyond technical and product focus; this role requires the ability to frame and communicate issues and recommendations clearly and concisely, show exceptional attention to detail, and demonstrate the ability to build broad relationships with the right influencers, leveraging those relationships to impact key business results
Embody our culture and values
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. 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 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
2+ years of hands-on experience with AI primitives including, but not limited to, RAG (retrieval-augmented generation), evals, or fine tuning
Company
Microsoft
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