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Posted date: Sep 23, 2025
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $222,050
Range: $139,900 - $304,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office - remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
Are you energized by the opportunity to build systems that operate at cloud scale? Do you enjoy working with cutting-edge technologies and solving complex challenges? We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer who is passionate about advancing cloud infrastructure. Join our team at Azure Core Compute to help shape the future of cloud computing and redefine how organizations grow, collaborate, and succeed.In the role of Principal Software Engineer for Azure Compute Node Services, you will help design, develop, and operate the compute platform that powers virtual machines, containers, and bare metal servers. Our team is focused on evolving the Azure host, integrating hardware acceleration, and implementing strategies to enhance performance, reliability, and efficiency. You will work closely with engineers across Azure to deliver scalable features that support diverse workloads with high availability.
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.
Lead technically, raise standards and maintain a results-driven culture.Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service or platform.Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness and Return on Investment (ROI).Collaborate within Azure to develop platforms for managing and monitoring at scale.Develop engineers at all levels through knowledge sharing and continuous learning.Serve as a role model for an open, honest, and inclusive approach to problem solving.Acts as an Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and monitors other engineers across product lines, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime or interruptions.Seeks new knowledge and adapts to emerging trends, technical solutions and patterns to enhance the availability, reliability, efficiency and performance of products.
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 PythonOR equivalent experience.6+ years of experience in technical design.6+ years of experience in debugging.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 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR 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 PythonOR equivalent experience.5+ years experience in Linux/Windows Operating System (OS) internals, and Kernel development.5+ years proficiency with RUST.5+ years experience in large-scale system architecture, design, development, testing and release, including but not limited to Cloud Infrastructure, system level application design and development, performance tuning, telemetry design and analysis.5+ years of demonstrated analytical skills with systematic and structured approaches to software design.Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 7, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.
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