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Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Compensation

$165,600 – $296,400/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
Redmond, Washington · Mountain View, California · +2
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to lead the development of a global-scale, Kubernetes-based service platform for Microsoft's productivity workloads. The role involves defining complex solutions, providing technical leadership and mentoring, collaborating across COSMIC and M365 Substrate Core teams, and supporting on-call operations for critical services. The position offers a flexible work arrangement with the option to work fully remotely and requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field plus 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.

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