Join us to build the future of end user computing! Windows Cloud Experiences Team is fundamentally changing the nature of personal computing, pushing computing to the cloud, and making remote experiences better, more secure, and easier to manage than local. We are experiencing exponential growth given the explosion of hybrid work and the changing security landscape and are rapidly growing our team to help scale our product and build new and innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered experiences.
As a Principal Software Engineer on this team, you will get an amazing opportunity to demonstrate leadership at both the technology and business level. You will be part of a fast growing and agile team working with a motivated team of engineers and product managers.
At Microsoft, our mission—to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more—guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress—people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop large scale distributed software services and solutions.
- Adhere to and drive modern software engineering practices through design and code reviews.
- System design through well-defined interfaces across multiple components, code reviews, and leverage of data/telemetry to make decisions.
- Develop “best-in-class” engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and reusable.
- Improve test coverage for services, organize and implement integration tests, and resolve problem areas.
- Design distributed systems that optimize performance, availability, cost, and resource utilization for demanding AI workloads.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- 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.
Other Requirements
- 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
- 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Python, C, C++, Java, or JavaScript.
- 6+ years of experience in leading the architecture, design, implement, and shipping of cloud services or software products.
- Demonstrated passion for emerging technologies, with the ability to quickly understand and apply advancements in AI infrastructure.
- Broad experience and track record of working across teams to deliver shared solutions to complex problems.
- Ability to quickly ramp up, understand complex problems, and create solutions across many products.
- Experience designing, implementing, and shipping cloud services or software products.
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Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience).
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements and pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years.
- 7+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C#, Python, C, C++, Java, or JavaScript.
- 6+ years experience leading the architecture, design, implementation, and shipping of cloud services or software products.
- Demonstrated passion for emerging technologies and ability to quickly understand and apply AI infrastructure advancements.
- Broad experience working across teams to deliver shared solutions to complex problems.
- Experience designing, implementing, and shipping cloud services or software products.
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Microsoft and has not been reviewed or approved by Microsoft.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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What We Do
At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our mission is grounded in both the world in which we live and the future we strive to create. Today, we live in a mobile-first, cloud-first world, and the transformation we are driving across our businesses is designed to enable Microsoft and our customers to thrive in this world.
