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Principal Software Engineer - FDE at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

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Compensation

$142,800 – $274,800/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
Us, Île-de-France · Redmond, Washington · +7
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for its Frontier Company Engineering team in a Forward Deployed Engineering model. The role owns end-to-end design and delivery of reliable cloud and AI systems, including secure architecture, production services, customer collaboration, reusable assets, and complex delivery coordination. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least six years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python; equivalent experience may qualify. The role does not offer work visa sponsorship, requires travel of up to 25%, and offers a U.S. base pay range of USD 142,800 to USD 274,800 per year, with higher ranges for the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area.

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