Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

The Azure CXP team is seeking a customer-obsessed problem-solver to join their mission of transforming Microsoft Cloud customers into fans. This role involves deep engineering engagements focusing on improving Cloud quality, security, and reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience analyzing modern distributed software design patterns and cloud systems architecture, including microservices, containers, load-balancing, queuing, caching
• 5+ years of experience in building, shipping, and operating reliable solutions
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role

Responsibilities

• Design and implement world-class distributed systems to support billions of users worldwide
• Improve the reliability and resilience of key Azure products
• Define and maintain system reliability goals through Service Level Objectives (SLOs)
• Enhance production systems with improvements in observability, telemetry, alerting, incident and change management, and deployment safety
• Build reusable automation and scalable processes to support multiple engineering teams in achieving their reliability goals
• Influence product architecture and roadmap to embed reliability as a core design principle
• Contribute directly to product code to drive reliability improvements
• Leverage AI technologies to detect anomalies, predict incidents, and automate operational workflows at scale
• Design and develop secure, modular, reliable, testable, and observable distributed services and solutions
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to align efforts and deliver cohesive outcomes
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes and codebases
• Develop automation solutions to prevent or resolve service issues before they impact users
• Apply AI tools and techniques to reduce operational toil and scale practices across complex environments
• Gain domain knowledge of Microsoft’s business ecosystem and contribute to seamless, end-to-end user experiences

Benefits

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect