Principal Software Engineer

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Azure Compute is Azure's most profitable business and is growing incredibly fast! We provide millions of virtual machines for customers to run their workload in the cloud. We are a globally available foundational service that hosts services with the scale of Bing/Skype/AzureStore/SQL, host millions of multiplayer gaming sessions and allow solving large computational problems in seconds.

Azure Compute team is the “kernel” of Microsoft’s Cloud OS. We build a fault tolerant distributed system on top of commodity datacenter hardware, to deliver an infrastructure for hosting cloud applications in virtual servers. We create an illusion that resources are limitless, infinitely elastic, and always available.

Kronox is a team which helps customers manage Virtual Machines at scale by providing a simple way to set-up/destroy the resources at predefined schedule and do it as quickly as possible to optimize COGs. This becomes an exercise in constantly balancing the tradeoffs between higher SLA (resources are available when needed) and COGs (resources should not be running longer than needed). This puts the team at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems and advanced data science and ML prediction model s. If you’re interested in attacking hard technical problems and driving innovation in an area that has huge potential for impact on the company’s future, then this is THE position for you.

As a Principal Software Engineer in the Azure Kronox team, you will have the opportunity to design and build a massively scalable distributed system, focusing on high performance and high reliability. You will grow our product working closely with our customers and partners and providing greater intelligence and choices to customers when accessing the Azure capacity across regions at scale.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience working on large-scale applications or distributed systems.
• 5+ years of experience working with stakeholders to derive requirements and effectively delivering results through other Software Development Engineers on the team and across an organization.

Other Qualifications:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Extensive software engineering experience, including building large-scale distributed systems.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality, customer-focused products.
• Skilled in fostering cross-team collaboration to develop innovative solutions with experience in growing people and teams through modeling, coaching, and showing genuine care.
• A sense of personal ownership is required, together with the ability to deliver to tight deadlines while managing internal stakeholder expectations.
  • Self-motivated and organized to deliver results.
  • Effective communication/collaboration skills, ability to deal with ambiguity and prioritize issues

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Mat 8, 2025.

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