Principal Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.
$137,600 - $267,000
Backend
Principal Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
6+ years of experience
AI

Description For Principal Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly

Are you interested in working for one of the most exciting efforts to advance Microsoft's mission to bring AI to every single person on the planet? The Azure AI Platform team is at the center of Microsoft's AI revolution as the world moves towards integrating Artificial Intelligence, such as Large Language Models (LLMs), into services and applications that impact millions of people in their day-to-day lives. Inside the AI Platform air-gapped team, you will have the opportunity to deliver transformational AI capabilities to Microsoft's air-gapped clouds for use in critical customer missions.

As a Principal Software Engineer on our team, you will participate in developing innovative solutions across AI Platform. You will write concise and clean code with unit tests, design and build scalable, high-performance services that are highly reliable, and work across teams in a large organization. You'll be responsible for designing and implementing new features, investigating and fixing production issues, and participating in on-call rotations.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Developing and using automation to deploy and manage complex cloud services
  • Defining and developing standardized, scalable solutions to guarantee quality
  • Driving initiatives to gather and examine data to enhance product development
  • Collaborating with teams and being passionate about customer success

Required qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of technical engineering experience
  • 5+ years of experience building and shipping production software or services
  • Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with SCI access
  • U.S. citizenship

Preferred qualifications include experience with Kubernetes, cloud services, and improving service operations. The role offers a competitive salary range of $137,600 - $267,000 per year, with higher ranges for specific locations like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City.

Join us in shaping the future of AI and empowering people and organizations worldwide to achieve more!

Last updated 2 months ago

Responsibilities For Principal Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly

  • Write concise and clean code with unit tests
  • Design and build scalable, high-performance services that are highly reliable
  • Ability to work across teams in a large organization
  • Design and implement new features as well as add functionality to existing systems
  • Investigate pre-production and production issues, implement and deploy fixes
  • Participate in an on-call rotation (typically 24/7 for one week every 6-8 weeks)
  • Develop and use automation to deploy and manage complex cloud services across multiple Azure cloud instances and regions
  • Define and develop standardized, repeatable, scalable solutions to guarantee quality
  • Drive initiatives to gather and examine data across various metrics to enhance product development
  • Be enthusiastic, self-motivated, and a great collaborator
  • Be passionate about making customers successful

Requirements For Principal Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly

Kubernetes
Python
Java
JavaScript
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • 5+ years of experience building and shipping production software or services
  • Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph
  • U.S. citizenship

Benefits For Principal Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly

Medical Insurance
Education Budget
Parental Leave
Vision Insurance
401k
  • Medical Insurance
  • Education Budget
  • Parental Leave
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401k

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