Principal Software Engineer

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Be part of the datacenter management (DCM) transformation. Cloud computing dominates significant parts of our lives, and with the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), datacenter design limits are being pushed—evolving from Central Processing Unit (CPU) to Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) centric. Join us and experience a fast-paced environment at the forefront of enabling new hardware innovations for Azure. Our team drives innovation in the DCM area, optimizing and delivering industry-leading cloud infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's cloud offerings worldwide.

As a Principal Software Engineer in the datacenter management area, you will be responsible for driving the long-term strategy and delivering solutions that enable and enhance the system of records, improve the operational efficiency, and maintain a compliant cloud infrastructure. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders to align cutting edge hardware design with operational efficiency, to determine requirements, contribute to the identification of dependencies, build feedback loops, and drive for continual operational efficiency improvement of the fleet.

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.

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, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Rust or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of proficiency working in distributed systems.
• 3+ years of experience working large scale distributed infrastructure systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor'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, Rust, 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, Rust, 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.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 29, 2025.

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• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.
• Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.