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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
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As a Principal Software Engineer - CoreAI on the 1ES team, you will design and build distributed services that power core CI/CD infrastructure. You will be responsible for orchestrating millions of compute resources daily, including virtual machines, containers, and custom lab environments to accelerate software delivery. Your day-to-day work involves collaborating with stakeholders to determine requirements, developing design documents, breaking down complex tasks, and writing high-performance code. You will also serve as a Designated Responsible Individual, managing on-call rotations and incident response for system health. The role requires expertise in distributed systems at scale and proficiency with Azure technologies. Candidates should possess experience in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to solve complex problems related to build, verification, and release services within a large-scale distributed environment.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196000 from 2211 postings across 150 companies.
Design and build distributed services that power CI/CD infrastructure for millions of users.
Orchestrate and scale millions of compute resources daily across VMs, containers, and custom lab environments.
Create, implement, optimize, and debug code to improve system performance and maintainability.
Develop design documents and identify technical dependencies for products, applications, and platforms.
Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) by managing on-call rotations and incident response.
Develop and execute operational playbooks to ensure product availability and reliability.
Drive the adoption of emerging technologies and best practices to improve system observability and efficiency.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
10+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Proven experience designing and building distributed services at scale (preferred).
Proficiency with Azure services or other cloud services (preferred).
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Azure Virtual Desktop
Windows 365
client-engineering
Test Automation
Performance Measurement
Observability
Monitoring
Diagnostics
Azure
Python
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
C
Machine Learning
Distributed Systems
CI/CD
DevOps
Azure OpenAI
Azure ML
Azure AI Studio
Software Architecture
SDLC
Telemetry