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Microsoft Corporation Principal Software Engineer- The Loop App Experiences team in Redmond, Washington
Principal Software Engineer- The Loop App Experiences team
The Loop App Experiences team mission is to build a collaborative platform that enables a new class of applications and experiences on top of Fluid Framework (https://fluidframework.com). One of these applications we are building is Microsoft Loop, a new app that combines a powerful and flexible canvas with portable components that move freely and stay in sync across applications. For more details, check out https://aka.ms/loop.
Does a platform that enables anyone to build highly distributed and collaborative experiences intrigue you? Does thinking about how to empower developers and simultaneously re-think core productivity experiences such as Office, Teams, Outlook, Word inspire you? What about building a new application? Are you passionate about building best-in-class UX, next-gen collaboration, business critical fundamentals, and driving user engagement?
As a Principal Software Engineer focused on infrastructure, you will play a pivotal role in building and scaling secure solutions that support millions of users. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain critical infrastructure including authentication and identity management systems, ensuring reliability, security, and performance.
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
Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for one or more complex scenarios.
Provides technical leadership for the identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across the company.
Leverages deep subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to lead multiple product's project plans, release plans, and work items.
Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.
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
Demonstrated experience or knowledge of authentication protocols (OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect), cryptography, and identity management.
Direct hands-on experience with cloud platforms like Azure or AWA and containerization solutions (Docker, Kubernetes)
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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
o 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
o OR equivalent experience.
Experience designing and building enterprise cloud solutions.
Experience working across sovereign cloud boundaries.
Experience writing performance-critical code and strong debugging skills.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on scalability and performance.
Demonstrated communication and collaboration skills in a fast-paced environment.
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 January 13, 2025.
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) .