Description
Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to lead architecture and implementation of high-impact initiatives across Microsoft Advertising's advertiser-facing campaign management experiences. The role focuses on platform scalability, performance, reliability, maintainability, frontend architecture, observability, engineering efficiency, and AI-enabled development practices, while partnering with engineering, product, and design teams and mentoring engineers. The position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least 8 years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python; a master's degree and 12+ years of experience or a bachelor's degree and 15+ years of experience are preferred. The typical U.S. base pay range is USD 165,600–296,400 per year, with higher ranges for the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area.
