Principal Software Engineer
Overview
The One Engineering System (1ES) team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer passionate about improving software engineering tools, increasing developer productivity, and positively affecting development culture.
Our immediate customers are Microsoft engineers, who always look to deliver better code and work faster. We develop and operate a set of engineering tools and services including build tools, languages and services, verification services including test execution and code review tools, engineering reporting and data analysis and machine learning services. All working towards a unified engineering system for internal Microsoft needs. Our services are used by tens of thousands of developers and we build and test millions of projects daily in a distributed service running at scale in multiple data centers across the world.
Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 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 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.
Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $135,800 - CAD $253,000 per year.
Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 8, 2024.
DDJL, #1ES
Responsibilities
- You will have an opportunity to set the architectural direction, reason about priorities and create collaborative agreements about the ordering of work while maintaining good relationships with partner teams.
- Work with Project Managers and business stakeholders to design and deliver new features, collaborating with partner teams across the org to ensure successful launches.
- Design, develop and operate large scale, efficient and reliable cloud services.
- Write high quality, maintainable and high-performance code following demonstrated development principles.
- Investigate and resolve Customer Reported Incidents, continually looking for ways to minimize or eliminate future incidents and improve customer experiences.
- Identify opportunities and drive the implementation of monitoring, self-healing, and automation capabilities to improve service manageability and reliability.
- Other