Principal Software Engineer

Commerce + Ecosystems (within Cloud + AI group) is developing Microsoft’s large scale and business-critical backbone services to empower e-commerce for all of Microsoft’s key businesses: Azure, Office 365, Xbox, Microsoft Online Store, Microsoft Ads, and a lot more. If you play Xbox games with in-app purchase, buy cloud service on Azure, subscribe Office 365 for personal or business use, pay for advertising on Bing.com, then you are using our commerce platform to transact.  
  
The Commerce Engineering Operation group in Commerce + Ecosystems focuses on delivering high quality customer and partner experiences and exceptional business outcomes through Microsoft’s commerce systems, today and in the digitally transformed future.  

As a Principal Software Engineer on the Commerce Engineering Operation group you will leverage your leadership to support your team in design, implementation and launch of the new features you create, to get us closer to Risk Management Objectives and Key Results (OKRs). 

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.

By applying to this U.S. based position, relocation does not apply/is not provided for the role.

• Required/Minimum Qualifications:

  • 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.

  Other Requirements:

  • 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:

  • Software development experience (or similar) for cloud based services with UI and backend and hands on programming experience in C#, .Net, Azure, HTML/CSS/JS  
  • Experience working across organizations leading integration and solutions in a complex environment, leading software projects from ideation to delivery. 
  • Experience with architecting and developing robust and extensible solutions 
  • Experience with public cloud services, such as Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)    
  • Experience with large scale eCommerce Risk Management    
  • Experience with Microsoft’s Power Platform and Dynamics 365 development 
  • Experience with data analytics, data modeling and AI fundamentals 

   

  Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 - $256,800 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 $173,200 - $282,200 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 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

   

  Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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• Build and deliver impactful services and tools that are compliant by design, flexible, configurable with fast feedback loops.
• Design, innovate, automate, and sustain scalable end-to-end operational solutions 
• Collaborate with business teams to help our internal partners sell products and services, and our customers buy them, in a secure, frictionless manner 
• Create a healthy and empowered team by modeling, coaching, and caring.
• Invest deeply in the career growth and development of engineers on your team. 

Other

• Embody our Culture and Values