Microsoft · 8 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer, Backend
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $275K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is focused on enhancing security for its customers in a digital landscape filled with threats. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of high-performance data protection systems and collaborate with various teams to create enterprise-ready products.
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Responsibilities
Leads efforts and discussions for the architecture of aspects of products/solutions that are high performant, reliable and efficient. Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
Independently creates and mentors others for a clear and articulated plan for testing and assuring the quality of solutions, and defines success for outcomes of tests. Creates and applies metrics to drive the quality and stability of code, as well as appropriate coding patterns and best practices
Leads identification of internal tools and creation of new tools that will be useful for creating the product, determining if methods are still applicable for the current solution
Collaborate closely with engineers from different partner teams, Program Managers and other Security Engineering disciplines to build enterprise ready product that will be used by millions of users
Qualification
Required
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
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
High scale microservices 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 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, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
3+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, highly available cloud services or distributed systems on platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, or comparable cloud environments, with production ownership and CI/CD pipeline integration
3+ years of experience applying distributed systems concepts such as concurrency, conflict resolution, and consensus algorithms to build resilient and maintainable back-end architectures
3+ years of experience building systems with emphasis on reliability, durability, and operational efficiency, including experience with live site operations, incident response, and performance optimization
3+ years of experience programming in modern back-end languages such as C#, Java, Go, or Python
3+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices
Company
Microsoft
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