Principal Software Engineer

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead and collaborate with a team of passionate engineers, driving ideas to impactful results in a fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for operating the service for some of the largest enterprise customers. You will be working on operations, live site, deployment, monitoring, compliance, alerting and maintaining the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for our service., * This is an individual contributor that requires leadership capabilities and requires hands-on coding in C++, C#/Java.

• Independently execute in the face of ambiguity.

• Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.

• Writes efficient systems code and able to debug distributed systems.

• 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.

Successful engineers in our team have problem solving, design, coding and debugging skills, drive for execution and results, rigor in delivering quality software and a desire for continuous learning. Our team values a friendly, collaborative atmosphere with a passion for technology, and we believe that an inclusive team with diverse perspectives that applies empathy and uses effective communication skills helps deliver superior products and is key to success. This is a great opportunity to challenge yourself, grow your career, and influence the next generation of computing at Microsoft., * 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#, or Java., * 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#, Java.

• OR equivalent experience.

• Experience in shipping products and reliable, scalable services.

• Currently programming/coding in your current or most recent role.

• Hands on experience with asynchronous programming and concurrency (threads, tasks, futures, async/await).

• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and/or Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

• Experience in building database engines, query engines, indexing solutions (columnar, full-text, vector), at scale.

• Experience with programming CUDA, AI systems at scale.

• Experience with live site operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or production support roles.

• Experience with Helm.

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.

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