Microsoft · 1 day ago
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $296K/yr
8+ years expMicrosoft is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their AI Web Data Platform Team in a technical leadership capacity. The role involves architecting platforms for large-scale data processing and driving engineering excellence to support AI solutions and Bing Search.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Align team efforts with business and user requirements by collaborating with stakeholders to define priorities, resolve dependencies, and ensure delivery of well-documented design and implementation plans for products, applications, services, or platforms
Guide system design and architectural decisions across multiple components, encouraging the use of data and telemetry to make informed decisions
Drive engineering excellence by fostering a culture of building modular, secure, reliable, testable, maintainable, and reusable solutions, while promoting active monitoring practices
Establish quality assurance strategies by setting standards for improving test coverage, streamlining integration testing, and addressing critical problem areas proactively
Oversee and improve operational reliability, guiding efforts to troubleshoot and optimize automation, monitoring, and Live Site health
Qualification
Required
Bachelor'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 equivalent experience
Preferred
Master'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 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
Experience with large-scale distributed data platforms, such as: Apache Spark, Kafka, Columnar storage, data modeling and schema designs
Experience as a technical lead/Architect
Experience in large scale system architecture, design, development, testing, and release, including but not limited to web applications, microservices in layers, database design, API design, performance tuning, telemetry design and analysis
Demonstrated programming skills and knowledge of architectural patterns for large, high-scale applications
Experience in ML/AI
Proficient analytical skills with systematic and structured approaches to software design
Fluent communication skills to articulate technical details
Ability to navigate cross-organization to influence stakeholders
Company
Microsoft
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Funding
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$1MKey Investors
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Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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