Principal Software Engineer

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.

APIs serve as the foundation of our connected, digital world.

Azure API Platform, as part of the broader Developer Division, is responsible for some of the most popular, highly paid and fastest growing Azure services like Azure API Management and the recently announced Azure API Center. Azure API Center and Azure API Management jointly provide a comprehensive solution for managing the entire API lifecycle. These services enable thousands of developers across the globe to develop and manage Web, Mobile, API, Event-Driven and IoT applications.

Bringing simplicity to our customers, creates challenging engineering opportunities in areas like scalability, high-density, multi-tenancy, high availability, user experience and developer tools.

The emergence of generative AI heralds a new era of possibilities for API management solutions, revolutionizing the API developer experience.

Come join us and help shape the next generation Azure API Platform.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related technical discipline
• Principal/Lead level of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
• Hands on experience with distributed systems and services in the cloud.
• Full stack engineering experience involving client-side technologies.
• Proven ability to tackle complex technical issues for running large scale cloud services.
• Knowledge in Web application frameworks like ASP.NET, Node.js etc.

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.

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.

We are looking for a strong engineer and technical leader who is passionate about building new products while also managing a globally distributed service. We seek an ideal candidate who can produce high-quality solutions independently and contribute to and benefit from a collaborative and diverse team environment. The ideal candidate is versatile, able to learn quickly, and adaptable to changing needs.

In this role you will design, build and deliver the next set of services, features, and developer’s tools that will define how applications are developed and hosted on Azure. You'll be working on both open source and platform components written in a variety of programming languages. This is a unique opportunity to work on large scale distributed systems and implement initiatives that are key to Microsoft's cloud strategy. 

Key Responsibilities -

·       Collaborate with stakeholders to determine user requirements and incorporate insights into designs. Lead the incorporation of continuous feedback loops to measure customer value and usage patterns.

·       Lead architecture discussions, create proposals, and oversee junior team members. Ensure system architecture meets security and compliance requirements.

·       Produce maintainable code and optimize performance. Provide expertise in coding and validation strategy, and ensure code meets quality standards.

·       Drive project plans and release plans, break down vision into milestones, and guide project estimation. Lead experimentation to determine the effectiveness of changes.

·       Maintain operations of live services, develop playbooks for issue resolution, and ensure solutions are scalable and meet compliance guidelines.

·       Enhance and contribute to software developer tools, apply automation within production, and stay current with technological developments.