Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a AI-driven, cloud-enabled, collaboration-focused world. 

Microsoft Teams is core to Microsoft's vision for intelligent communications and productivity pane into modern workplace. We are fast becoming THE hub for teamwork in Office 365 with hundreds of thousands of organizations and hundreds of millions of users across the globe using Teams. Microsoft Teams announced over 320M monthly active users in October 2023 and still rapidly growing, cementing it as the fastest growing business application in Microsoft history. 

Do you want to be part of this growing global team leveraging generative AI to solve critical business problems?  We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer in Teams to lead the design and implementation of an AI product. Our team’s charter is to expand Copilot capabilities and staying at the cutting edge of the latest technology. Our team is passionate about learning, building world-class applications, and providing great experiences for our users.  

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 Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years object-oriented coding experience in languages such as C++, C#, Java or JavaScript 

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 6+ years experience with microservice architecture and database concepts. 
• 2+ years experience building cloud applications. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading complex software projects over multiple releases covering all stages of the product/service lifecycle. 
• Experience with developing products based on Generative AI. 

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.

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of various capabilities with focus on quality, scale and sustainable development practices, leveraging data for making decisions 
• Collaborate across stakeholders providing leadership and mentoring 
• Execute operations and participate in livesite with emphasis on timely response, delivery & satisfaction for all stakeholders 
• Stakeholder management while prioritizing work for your team through collaboration with partner teams. 

Other 

• Embody our culture and values.