Principal Software Engineer

Have you ever imagined a world with an infinite amount of storage available and accessible to everyone? A place where anyone can easily access books, music, photos, videos, and any data from anywhere at any time through mobile phones, tablets, personal computers, and smart devices. Have you ever wanted a universally accessible storage system to record all knowledge, preserve creative works, and store scientific data for global collaboration? Do you want to be part of a team that strives to make this vision a reality?

If so, the Microsoft Azure Storage team is what you are looking for. We are building Microsoft’s cloud storage solution—Azure Storage—a massively scalable, highly distributed, and globally accessible system designed to serve the entire world. We continue to experience tremendous growth, storing many exabytes of data, and are designing systems for zettabyte scale to support demand growth for the coming years.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who is passionate about distributed storage, specifically focused on building a common platform for the Control Plane in Azure Storage. This platform powers Azure Storage services and provides resiliency and scalability. You will work on challenges related to scale and reliability for distributed systems, collaborate with cross-functional teams to design storage solutions that meet performance, availability, and durability goals, and grow your career alongside a world-class team of engineers and architects.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

• Own and show strong technical and non-technical leadership in driving the product (End-to-End) E2E.
• Create a team culture of quality first mentality that directly contributes to delivering high quality features and changes as part of the stack.
• Research and deep dive into technical issues and design challenges.
• Collaborate cross organization to deliver key features in Azure storage.
• Contribute to the overall technical direction of Azure storage alongside other leads and managers across geo locations.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate

Required Qualifications:

• 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. 

• 1+ year(s) experience building quality products and services in distributed systems, systems programming, and multi-threaded programming.

  • Includes demonstrated ability to ship products on time with high quality.

• 1+ year(s) experience in design and problem-solving with a focus on engineering excellence at scale

  • Strong skills in delivering reliable solutions and maintaining quality standards.

Other Qualifications: 

• 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 Qualifications: 

• 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 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 equivalent experience. 

• 1+ year(s) experience in hands-on development, including leading architecture for large-scale systems such as storage and cloud computing

  • Skilled in designing and writing code with proven coding experience.

• 1+ year(s) experience demonstrating customer empathy when building and delivering products

  • Ability to understand user needs and incorporate feedback into solutions.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.