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Posted date: Dec 15, 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
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewWould you like to be part of a team that develops innovative software powering millions of Microsoft Azure servers worldwide? The Azure Compute Node Services Group oversees the lifecycle and operations of Azure servers and virtual machines, ensuring they run efficiently and securely.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will collaborate with a global network of professionals to build and support workflows for Azure servers. This includes working across both Windows and Linux platforms and developing software in Rust for Azure Boost. Your contributions will focus on achieving high standards in performance, reliability, security, availability, serviceability, and supportability. This role offers a chance to accelerate your professional growth while engaging with a community of experienced and energized peers.
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.
Responsibilities
Acts as an expert for Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and monitors other engineers across product lines, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.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).Lead technically, raise standards, and maintain a results-driven culture.Collaborate within Azure to develop platforms for managing and monitoring at scale.Serve as a role model for an open, honest, and inclusive approach to problem-solving.Seeks new knowledge and adapts to emerging trends, technical solutions, and patterns to enhance the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products. Also promotes consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.
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. 6+ year(s) of experience in technical design, problem-solving, and debugging.6+ year(s) of experience with architecting large system and seeing them to productionOther Qualifications:
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. 1+ year(s) experience with Linux and Windows operating system internals, including kernel development. Experience with the Rust programming language is also beneficial.
1+ year(s) experience in large-scale system architecture, design, development, testing, and release. This includes areas such as cloud infrastructure, system-level application design and development, performance tuning, and telemetry design and analysis.
1+ year(s) experience demonstrating programming proficiency and understanding of architectural patterns for high-scale applications, along with strong analytical skills and a structured approach to software design. Includes a commitment to building reliable, well-tested code and effective collaboration and communication of technical details.
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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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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