Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft Teams is a unified communication and collaboration platform that combines chat, video meetings and apps. Teams is a ground up product, completely built on Azure cloud platform and cutting-edge Web technologies, serving millions of users world-wide, at scale.  

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer focused on the Teams platform with a focus on AI to help design our next-generation AI Extensibility Platform within Microsoft Teams & M365. 

This role involves being part of an exciting journey in redefining workplace productivity solutions, that scale to our worldwide user base, across industry verticals and multitude of platforms and devices. In this position, you will be empowered to make product-wide technical decisions and directly impact the outcomes for this flagship product, working in a dynamic and collaborative environment.   

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required/Minimum 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 experience focused on advanced software development and architecture, building commercial-grade, high-availability services. 
• 8+ years of experience driving software platform architecture projects from both a technical and functional perspective. Guiding complex projects from planning through execution and service operations.

Other or Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science
  • OR related technical field AND 12+ 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 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience focused on advanced software development and architecture, building commercial-grade, high-availability services. 
• 12+ years of experience driving software platform architecture projects from both a technical and functional perspective. Guiding complex projects from planning through execution and service operations.
• Communication skills with a growth mindset.
• Demonstrated commitment to software engineering excellence.  
• Analytical and problem-solving skills, with a history of navigating significant technical challenges, emphasizing a continuous release mindset and service operation in a dynamic environment.  
• Ability to lead in a fast-paced, customer focused, and data-driven environment.
• A decisive, self-directed, collaborative, and innovative approach to projects. 

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.

• Establish long term technical strategy and direction for key Platform Initiatives. 
• Create and improve architecture designs for complex end to end scenarios that involve multiple teams and services. 
• Drive the engineering culture to strive for a scalable architecture, operational excellence, experimentation driven culture, growth mindset, and being customer obsessed. 
• Influence, lead, and collaborate effectively across leadership, teams, and organizations to drive outcomes – the scope here is company-wide. 
• Collaborate with Product teams to make sure we address key customer needs and put customer feedback in center of product design 
• Need to operate effectively amongst executive leadership and executive stakeholders. 
• Fosters a healthy and inclusive team environment.
• Embody our Culture  and  Values