Principal Software Engineer

Company: Microsoft Corporation
Location: San Jose
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

Do you want to code with the latest Microsoft devices and services technologies and partner with the world's top developers?On the Commercial Software Engineering team, we work with partners and developers around the world to build successful applications using Microsoft technology, open source software, and anything else we can get our hands on. We're looking for a software engineer with strong developer skills to join us as we continue to help partners find solutions, drive adoption of technology and services, and work to provide feedback to engineering teams to make our products awesome!The candidate will need to demonstrate technical knowledge and development expertise necessary to develop the cutting-edge applications. The candidate will have the technical expertise and problem-solving skills to build strong, influential relationships with partners by helping them solve their most complex technical problems and build strong relationships with engineering. As part of the role, the candidate will need to work closely with other engineering teams, provide partner feedback, and influence the roadmap for future product releases. The candidate will need to be comfortable as an engineering subject matter expert in developing communications-based solutions with Microsoft Teams, Azure Communication Services, and Microsoft Graph.**Responsibilities**+ Influencing the future of Azure Communications and Microsoft Modern Work platforms, including Microsoft Teams and Microsoft Graph.+ Developing open source solutions using Microsoft Azure and a number of different client and server technologies.+ Being a technical expert in Microsoft Azure technologies to build code and other technical content to support developer events, partner hackfests, and software launches.+ Working with major companies around the world on deep software engineering efforts.+ Partner with and provide subject matter expertise and leadership to Microsoft teams worldwide.+ Evaluating future product roadmaps and working closely with Microsoft teams.+ Developing and driving new ways of thinking across teams within the company to improve quality, productivity, and responsiveness to feedback and changing priorities.**Qualifications**Required:+ 10+ years of experience shipping or running production systems and/or software written with one or more of these languages - C#, Python, Java, Go, JavaScript+ 3+ years of cloud experience building large-scale distributed systems and APIs, preferably on Azure, AWS, or Google cloud+ 3+ years of experience engineering solutions with Office 365 and/or a major communications platform (Skype, Slack, etc.)Preferred:+ A solid understanding of technologies used to build sophisticated communications-based software, including (but not limited to) bots, cognitive services, Azure Communication Services (ACS), OAuth, etc.+ A solid foundation in engineering fundamentals (source control, CI/CD, etc) and general cloud computing technologies and emerging trends.**Note: This role requires that individuals be US Citizens or Green Card Holders**For Colorado Only+ The salary for this role in the state of Colorado is between $158,800 and $238,200+ At Microsoft, certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.+ Benefits/perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.US-based employees gain access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and fitness benefits, among others.\#CSEngMicrosoft 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/accommodationrequest) .Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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