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Principal Software Engineer--M365 Networking Team at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Language
Setup
Hybrid
Location
Huangpu, Shanghai · Suzhou, Jiangsu Province
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Description

Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for its M365 Networking team to design and implement routing, traffic-management, and load-balancing capabilities for Microsoft 365 infrastructure. The role focuses on building distributed, highly available, and resilient systems that support services such as Copilot, Teams, and SharePoint Online, while optimizing traffic distribution, improving performance and resiliency, and driving technical excellence through code reviews and architecture design. The position requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field and at least six years of technical engineering experience; preferred qualifications include a master's degree, additional years of experience, distributed-systems expertise, and familiarity with DNS, traffic management, and load balancing.

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