New

Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft
$142,800.00 - $274,800.00 / yr
United States, Washington, Redmond
Aug 01, 2026
Overview Microsoft is a company where innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging and real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products in our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. Within Microsoft Fabric, the Data Analytics team delivers the core analytics experiences that allow customers to turn data into insight and action. Spanning data engineering, data warehousing, data science, and AI, this team enables end-to-end scenarios on a single, unified platform. By bringing structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data together, the team is advancing our mission to provide a seamless analytics experience that drives real business impact at enterprise scale. We are hiring a Principal Software Engineer to assist with the design and delivery of the next generation of engineering infrastructure behind Microsoft Fabric. In this role, you will drive core changes across both the product and its surrounding systems to enable rapid, predictable, and high-quality product releases. You will tackle complex challenges such as deployment automation, cluster provisioning, branching strategies, and robust validation pipelines, leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including AI, to shift quality left and streamline engineering workflows. Our work spans multiple teams and components across the Fabric SQL Data Warehouse and SQL Server ecosystem, with a strong emphasis on serving internal stakeholders like engineers and release managers. We are a close-knit, collaborative team that values diversity, continuous learning, and data-driven decision-making. We embrace agile development and are passionate about delivering exceptional developer and customer experiences. If you are excited about building foundational systems that empower engineering at scale, we would love to have you join us. We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served. Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain highly reliable engineering systems and distributed environments that enable engineers to deploy bits and validate changes end to end Advance the use of AI and emerging technologies across the software development lifecycle to shift quality left and improve engineering velocity Build automation for production deployment, targeting zero touch wherever possible Lead architecture and design discussions for complex products, own design decisions, and define test strategies that ensure solution quality Partner with stakeholders such as project managers, technical leads, and internal customers to define requirements and translate them into technical designs Lead debugging and root cause efforts across orgs and teams, applying coding patterns that improve code quality and bring issues to closure Produce extensible, maintainable code with a focus on security, reliability, diagnosability, and performance, and mentor others in identifying dependencies and doing the same Collaborate with and influence engineers within the team and across Microsoft, sharing learnings from investigations and advocating new approaches to current problems Ensure compliance visibility through audit trails and maintain a working understanding of applicable regulations Contribute to product vision, roadmap, and planning, support partner team integration ahead of go live, and participate in the on call rotation to maintain service health Embody our cultureandvalues 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. Additional 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 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 OR 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, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Experience working on infrastructure, engineering systems, and deployments supporting development of largescale enterprise-class distributed systems software Experience working in a fast-paced environment working with several teams to develop and maintain reliable environments and infrastructure services Proven track record in delivering reliable, scalable and highly performant end-to-end solutions Excellent communication and demonstrated ability to drive cross-team improvements Hands-on engineering experience developing and managing scalable cloud services across technologies such as Azure, AWS or GCP #azdat #azuredata Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 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 This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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. 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