Principal Software Engineering
Microsoft
Skills
- Distributed Systems
- System Design
- Cloud Computing
- Azure
- Artificial Intelligence
- Incident Response
- Telemetry
- Scalability
- Security Engineering
- Software Development Lifecycle
- Cross-team Collaboration
About the role
Lead architecture and design of complex, distributed systems; make key technical decisions and mentor engineers on design tradeoffs and best practices. Own solution quality end‑to‑end, including test strategy, security testing, reliability, and operational readiness. Drive cross‑team collaboration, identifying dependencies, resolving conflicts, and aligning delivery plans across partner teams. Act as DRI for live systems, leading incident response, root‑cause analysis, and prevention through automation and operational improvements. Champion security, privacy, compliance, and Responsible AI, establishing security invariants, auditability, and monitoring across the system. Lead automation and deployment excellence, enabling scalable, zero‑touch deployments with safe rollout and rollback strategies. Raise engineering standards, through code reviews, production-grade telemetry, performance/scalability improvements, and mentoring others Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience. 15+ years of professional software development experience, building and operating complex systems. Strong foundations in computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, systems design, and coding proficiency. Proven experience in architecture and design of large-scale software systems, including making sound technical decisions and tradeoffs. Demonstrated expertise in software engineering lifecycle, including design, development, testing, quality assurance, deployment, and live-site operations. Strong problem-solving, systems thinking, and decision-making skills with high attention to detail. Experience collaborating across teams, handling technical dependency management and conflict resolution. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English, with the ability to clearly explain complex technical concepts. Experience operating real-time, high-throughput, low-latency services in production environments. Hands-on experience designing, implementing, testing, and operating Azure AI or large-scale cloud services, meeting performance, scalability, reliability, and compliance requirements. Experience driving or contributing to engineering efficiency tools or developer productivity improvements. Exposure to security, compliance, and operational best practices for cloud-based or AI-driven services.
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