PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER

Are you interested in joining a startup within Microsoft where you'll have the rare opportunity to shape the future of IT management and contribute to the company's commercial servicing and intelligence strategy?  Windows Autopatch, our Azure cloud-based SaaS service, is at the forefront of modern IT management, serving a diverse range of customers, including financial institutions, government entities, and sports teams. Devices managed by Windows Autopatch are more secure, up-to-date, and perform better than traditionally managed devices. The Windows Autopatch team is actively seeking an experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our team and help us unlock even greater achievements.

Windows Autopatch is a cloud service designed to automate updates for Windows, Microsoft 365 Apps for enterprise, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Teams. By leveraging Microsoft Entra identity service (formerly AAD) and Microsoft Intune, we extend the Microsoft Intelligent Cloud platform to create a secure, productive, and turnkey computing environment for enterprises.

For additional context, consider reading more!   What is Windows Autopatch? - Windows Deployment | Microsoft Learn

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 discipline 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.
• 3+  years' experience building microservices with working in Kubernetes (or similar), REST API design and construction.
• 3+ years of experience in cloud development and proven record of maintaining enterprise-scale services including build and deployment pipelines. 

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 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#, Java, or Python
• OR 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#, Java, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

• Confident and articulate in expressing ideas to a mixed audience with varying views and challenges 
• Cultural sensitivity and a proven ability to work with teams and partners across multiple geographies. 
• A sense of personal ownership, together with the ability to deliver to tight deadlines while managing internal stakeholder expectations 
• Self-motivated and organized to deliver results  

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 June 25, 2024.

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.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be responsible for architecture, development, and operation of core backend services that power various features and scenarios in Autopatch services. You will build next generation platform that integrates advanced systems for storage, caching, message, streaming using latest Azure technologies. Your expertise in designing large scale ng systems will be pivotal as you enhance the architecture and efficiency for enterprise scale. You will lead efforts to optimize data storage, improve computational efficiencies, and ensure strict SLOs are met for commercial scenarios.

The responsibilities include:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to comprehend and identify user requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, and schedule deliverables.
• Lead discussions on the architecture of products or solutions and apply engineering principles to establish robust and maintainable architecture and designs.
• Leads by example to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Guides team and acts as an expert for Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and mentors / monitors other engineers across product lines, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
• Proactively identifying technical debt and other issues impacting the performance or reliability of the software and devising solutions. 
• Taking part in code reviews, both as a reviewer and a reviewee, to ensure the quality of the software and promote best practices within the team. 

• Other
• Embody our Culture and Values