This role pays more than
62%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$226,350
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$209k
versus about
$200k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
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
Microsoft currently has
518 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 505 roles with salary data.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will drive engineering initiatives from inception through experimentation, design, and implementation to deliver high-quality products to customers. You will create, optimize, debug, and refactor code to improve the performance, maintainability, and reliability of services while collaborating across organizational boundaries to build valuable solutions. Your daily work involves partnering with product managers and analyzing service telemetry to implement improvements, participating in livesite operations, and mentoring team members through code and design reviews. You will focus on improving availability, efficiency, and observability for mission-critical cloud applications and high-availability services. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. You will build full-stack applications and developer products within the Azure Data Fabric ecosystem to solve complex technical challenges at scale.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $208525 from 282 postings across 34 companies.