Principal Software Engineer -Observability Platform

The Microsoft Observability Platform and Experience engineering team is seeking a Principal Software Engineer - Observability Platform. The team is responsible for both the external and internal observability product offerings. These services enable customers to monitor, detect, troubleshoot, and mitigate issues with their services. Azure Monitor is our product family and includes Log Analytics, Application Insights, Container Insights, Hosted Prometheus, and more. Additionally, Log Analytics is the platform upon which Microsoft Sentinel is built. We have a multi-billion dollar business that is growing rapidly. We run some of the world’s highest scale observability services both for Microsoft internally and for our external customers, processing over 1 Exabyte of logs daily and tracking over 100 billion active metrics.

As a high-level software engineer for the Observability team you will help design and build services in the Observability Platform to meet the future demands of increasingly complex workloads including those rapidly emerging from Artificial Intelligence (AI)  and Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps). The Observability Platform plays a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of the products that Microsoft and our customers ship. This is a great opportunity for someone who loves to tackle deep technical challenges and strives for industry-wide impact.

Our goal is to provide end-to-end observability for the Cloud and Edge and enable all customers to efficiently operate and provide high quality experiences with their apps, services, and infrastructure. Our customers include Microsoft itself, Fortune 500 companies, and startups. Our aim is to enable autonomous, integrated systems infused with AI/ Machine Learning (ML) to proactively measure, monitor, detect, alert, diagnose, and mitigate health issues before they impact customers.

We’re on a mission to build the greatest observability services on the planet. If that mission excites you, come join us!

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 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Rust or Go
  • OR equivalent experience

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 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Rust, or Go

  o 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, Rust, or Go

  o OR equivalent experience

• Experience with high-scale distributed systems design and implementation 
• Experience with microservices architecture, Kubernetes, Linux, Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and related technologies is a plus 
• Coding, debugging, algorithm design and problem-solving skills
• AI/ML experience is a plus 
• Experience with building observability systems is a plus 

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $161,600 - $286,200 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 $209,600 - $314,400 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 January  3rd, 2025

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.

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• Work with teams across Observability to design and build scalable, high-performance services that are highly reliable
• Lead by example in delivering high quality code that is maintainable, performant, testable and used across our services
• Mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code
• Explore new areas and work on special projects to push the boundaries of Observability
• Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, advancements in service health, and identify opportunities for innovation
• Embody our culture and values