Principal Software Engineer - Microsoft Corporation

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership and drive implementation of client build, release, and validation gating and support feature flighting across multiple platforms, devices, and operating systems. Our infrastructure allows feature teams to deliver a new feature to millions of users in the order of minutes in an automated fashion. We utilize big data to understand customer usage, enable rapid detection and debugging of issues. The team collaboration space is evolving through rapid growth. People can learn about new technologies. Our culture is inclusive, casual; our team members come from diverse backgrounds, thrive through teamwork, and are grounded in the needs of our customers. **About us:** We're a savvy group of generalizing specialists; we blend years of software engineering expertise with some of the newest and most popular tools, frameworks, and methodologies to empower an entire organization. We are full stack engineeers, leveraging wide range of technologies from C# .net, Azure OpenAI / ChatGPT, to React JS to implement backend/frontend systems. We love open source; Yarn, webpack, Rspack, and Node.js are part of our everyday vocabulary, but we're not dogmatic about technologies - the best tool for the job is always the right tool. We pride ourselves in building smart systems and tools which make our fellow engineers more productive every day and enable them to ship quality code to our customers continuously. We use Teams to ship Teams. Our tools are integrated into the product itself. 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. **Responsibilities** As a Principal Software Engineer on our team, you would work on, but not be limited to:? + Design, develop and?maintain?engineering infrastructure, tools, and services that power the Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) for Microsoft Teams across different clients/platforms.?? + Build tools/bots and leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to improve developer productivity, contribute ideas to continuously improve our systems, and drive actionable code and product quality feedback.? + Champion best practices, tools, and processes for a data-driven, quality-focused release of Microsoft Teams as?frequently?as possible to our customers.? + Build tools/bots to improve developer productivity, contribute ideas to continuously improve our systems, and drive actionable code and product quality feedback.? + Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop overall product vision as well as strategies on how to realize the vision by?identifying?technical challenges & proposing solutions. + Embody our?culture?and?values. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field 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. + Experience with end-to-end ownership of projects that meets quality standards. + Experience collaborating with other teams to craft overall product vision, strategy and delivery. + Experience mentoring and coaching early-in-career engineers. **Preferred Qualifications:** + Experience with cloud services, Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS) & Services. + Experience developing and maintaining engineering infrastructure tools/bots. + Experience with ownership of shipping features and with CI/CD processes. + Experience shaping the technical direction of a project or product, aligning it with business goals and guiding the team toward successful implementation. + Experience in decision making, ability to resolve conflicting points of view, and the capability to develop solutions. 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/us-corporate-pay.html) Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 17, 2025 \#MicrosoftTeams Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .