Principal Software Engineer

Overview  

"Empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more." That is what inspires us, drives our work and pushes us to challenge the status quo every day.  

Do you want to be part of the journey to build a world-class Engineering team for one of largest corporates in the world? If so, then look no further.  

In this role, you will be starting as the initial member of Linux team for Engineering Systems responsible for developing systems/ tools to help developers build world class solutions.

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline and 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python  
• Strong and proven experience as a lead software engineer building software and solutions with a demonstrable track record of shipping successful software products & services
• 5+ years of experience in cloud development principles and patterns, particularly loosely coupled architectures and micro-services, DevOps model
• 5+ years of experience driving, managing technical and architectural dependencies. Experience with hands-on design, coding, architecture, validation and debugging
• Hands-on experience in app development using Azure PaaS services like Web apps, Function Apps, Service Bus, Event Hub, REST API, SQL and NoSQL etc.  
• 3+ years of experience with cloud technologies like Azure/AWS/GCP and familiarity with Docker a plus
• 3+ years of experience on Linux  

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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.

• Engineering – Responsible for architecture, design, implementation and operations of the platform, applications and solutions
• Delivery – Agile delivery of solutions aligned to business needs, maintaining high bar on quality, schedule and ensuring engineering excellence
• Drive – Passion to turn vision into detailed plans and execute against complex plans. Proven track record in shipping successful products
• Planning and communication – Participate in sprint and semester planning, provide scope estimates. Communicate individual and team status on deliverables, risks in stand-ups and sprint reviews 
• Collaborate – Partner with product teams and product managers to manage dependencies, jointly deliver updates, and continuously improve engineering capabilities
• Culture – Contribute to team culture that embraces diversity and inclusion and makes the team an awesome place to work
• Engineering Excellence - Use engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle to establish sustainable, secure systems that grow and support our business
• Reliability - Support and maintain existing services & integrations across the ecosystem