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# Principal Software Engineer

- **Company:** Microsoft
- **Location:** St. Louis, MO, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $142,800.0 - $274,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Online Services, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Common ISDN Application Programming Interface (CAPI), Cloud Computing, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Software Design Documents, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Data Logging, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Golang
- **Published:** October 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88592969/1

## About the Role

* 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., * Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceOR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, GoLang, 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.
 * Experience in building,shippingandoperatingreliable on-premise cloud infrastructure
 * Ability to engage in site-reliability engineering practices
 * Knowledge of secure development practices andmaintainingproject compliance
 * Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes and Linux Operating Systems
 * Experience with Kubernetes Cluster API (CAPI) and Providers
 * Experience in one or more of the following Areas:
 + Microsoft Azure core services
 + Networking, Storage, and Compute (including virtualization)
 + Platform Monitoring, Logging and Alerting
 + CI/CD (Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery) to automate delivery stages with pipelines and control promotion with quality gates
 + Linux Operating systems
 + Kubernetes Cluster API (CAPI) and Providers

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.

## Description

* 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.