This role pays more than
66%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$225,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$209k
versus about
$200k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Microsoft
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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Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 586 roles with salary data.
The Principal Software Engineer joins the Special Projects and Resources Team within M365 Core - Substrate. This role focuses on tackling strategic projects and hard problems to remove agility and modernization barriers for engineers across the data and intelligence platform. You will manage high-visibility projects from problem framing through deployment, ensuring code is clean, testable, and observable while creating reusable playbooks. Day-to-day responsibilities include diagnosing latency, scale, and cost issues in distributed services, mentoring other senior engineers, and building coalitions to align partner teams across service boundaries. You will utilize C#, Java, C++, Rust, or comparable languages to build reliable systems. The role addresses critical problems in modernization, resilience, cost optimization, compliance, and developer productivity within a large-scale infrastructure environment where you must balance technical trade-offs under incomplete information to ensure high-quality outcomes for the broader engineering community.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Azure Virtual Desktop
Windows 365
client-engineering
Test Automation
Performance Measurement
Observability
Monitoring
Diagnostics