Principal Software Engineer

M365's COSMIC team designs, builds, and operates a global scale managed-runtime environment based on Azure Kubernetes Service for the benefit of Microsoft Substrate service and developers. COSMIC could be compared to a ‘Kubernetes PaaS’.

Our charter builds and maintains solutions that enable substrate service teams onboarding to Cosmic Linux platform to focus on their own scenarios and business requirements rather than worrying about common infrastructure components like Deployment, Upgrades, Security, Observability, Debuggability etc.

We are looking for proactive Principal Software Engineers to help us build new solutions in our charter with the adoption of new technologies, adding features and continuing to improve quality and resilience for different scenarios. Ideally leveraging Azure resources for faster iterations. Experience with Kubernetes and Linux are bonus. 

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of professional experience with designing, developing, and shipping reliable distributed systems and services.
• Experience in DevOps to maintain live services and/or application frameworks.
• Cloud and services experience, with Azure cloud experience highly desirable.
• Excellent analytical skills with a systematic and structured approach to software design.
• Passion for building highly scalable, reliable services.
• Experience with or exposure to Agile and iterative development processes.

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:

• Bachelor'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 Master'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.

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. 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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• Drives the design and implementation of features/service/components incorporating the dependencies from other applications/tech stacks. 

• Guides teams and leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. 

• Optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).  

• Leads product development and scaling to customer requirements and applies best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations and holds accountability for products that do not meet expectations.  

• Leads technical solutions and is hands-on with code, code reviews and debugging issues.  

• Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario. Leverages a variety of feedback channels to incorporate insights into future designs or solution fixes. Ensures appropriate continuous feedback loops measuring customer value, usage patterns, and other actionable metrics of value are incorporated. 

• Leads by example within the team by producing extensible and maintainable code. 

• Reviews fellow team member's code to assure it meets the team's and Microsoft’s quality standards, is reliable and accurate, and is appropriate for the scale of the product/solution area. Applies feedback to current and future iterations.