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Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Compensation

$142,800 – $274,800/yr

Setup
Hybrid
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for its Azure Event Grid engineering team to lead the design and implementation of next-generation Pub/Sub messaging solutions. The role owns technical architecture, scalability, reliability, and high availability; mentors engineers; leads design and code reviews; defines testing and CI/CD strategies; builds developer tools; and drives incident response and operational excellence. It also involves improving AI tools and practices across the software development lifecycle. The position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least six years of technical engineering experience, with additional experience and a master's degree preferred.

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