Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Usage Billing team. This role is crucial in building the next-generation data platform for reliable ingestion, aggregation, and processing of usage data from Microsoft services. As part of this position, you'll work on developing a mission-critical service built for scale, compliance, and data guarantees, leveraging Azure's world-class real-time messaging, streaming, and analytics services.

The role offers an opportunity to work with cutting-edge Azure technologies to build massively scalable cloud services. You'll be responsible for developing and validating various components needed for a robust, distributed, and resilient platform for Azure Usage Billing. This includes working on service management, programmability, usage pipeline, and service fundamentals such as monitoring, security, performance, engineering systems, tooling, and live site operations.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of Microsoft's billing infrastructure, supporting not just Azure but also Office and other Microsoft services. The platform you'll help build will handle the growing demands of Azure usage across 50+ regions and 200+ distinct capabilities. You'll be working on creating a unified, reliable, and accurate usage billing platform with advanced capabilities for auditing, automated verification, reconciliation, and analytics.

The position offers competitive compensation with a base pay range of $137,600 - $267,000 per year (higher in SF and NYC areas), along with comprehensive benefits including healthcare, educational resources, and parental leave. The role is hybrid, allowing up to 50% work from home, providing flexibility while maintaining collaborative opportunities with the team.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise, leadership experience, and a proven track record in cloud services development. This role requires both technical depth and the ability to work across organizations, making it perfect for someone who wants to make a significant impact on Microsoft's cloud infrastructure.