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Posted date: Mar 10, 2026
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewMore than ever before, cloud services are transforming the way the world does business. As you have probably heard, Microsoft is committed to being cloud-first, and with several multi-billion-dollar services already serving the needs of individuals and organizations all over the globe, the opportunity to shape the future has never been greater!
Microsoft’s Enterprise Cloud services are some of the most rapidly growing and strategically important segments in our company. The Office 365 Enterprise Cloud team runs a mission-critical cloud service for many of the largest organizations in the world, including many of the Fortune 500 companies as well as federal, state, and local government organizations. We provide a distributed, scalable, highly reliable service for millions of people. As you might expect, customers of this nature have the highest expectations around enterprise features, regulatory compliance, reliability, and availability and, of course, about the security of our service!
We are hiring a Principal Software Engineer with deep experience and expertise in designing and delivering solutions using modern software engineering practices and cloud technologies. You will be working side-by-side with engineers to build innovative solutions for our big government sovereign environments. You will mentor and coach other engineers across our teams, sharing your expertise and learning from them too.
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
Provide technical leadership on architecture, SDLC, testability, observability for the Sovereign Cloud teams.Design, code, and ship features and products for large scale distributed software services and solutions.Mentor developers to increase overall team knowledge and velocity.Maintain disciplined software engineering practices.Review proposed designs, provide insights, and influence decisions to ensure a coherent software ecosystem.Contribute to planning of team deliverables.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.Solid debugging, testing, and problem-solving skills.Distributed systems, cloud technologies and large scale platforms 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:Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experience.Strong written and verbal communication skills.Ability and eagerness to work across and partner with multiple engineering teams to achieve business goals.Awareness & passion related to cloud scale monitoring and big-data analysis.Proven track record of delivering projects that include multiple components.Knowledge of Microsoft Azure, prior experience working on C#, and PowerShell or other scripting technologies (Python, GO) are a plus.#M365Core, #EnterpriseCloud, #SovereignClouds
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
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