Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
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Salary: $142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 14 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 11, 2027

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Above market

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This role $209k

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This role pays more than 68% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$220,800 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $209k versus about $195k for comparable roles.

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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

Microsoft currently has 694 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer

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The Principal Software Engineer joins the Dynamics 365 Commerce team to lead architecture and hands-on development for scalable, reliable cloud services. This role involves translating user requirements into technical solutions for omnichannel commerce, including physical stores, e-commerce, and back-office systems. Key responsibilities include leading technical design reviews, mentoring engineers, performing hands-on coding, and serving as the directly responsible individual for production services and incident response. The engineer will utilize C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, alongside frameworks like .NET, Node.js, React, and Angular. Technical expertise in Azure, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, and SQL is required to build extensibility frameworks and AI-driven experiences. The work focuses on solving complex commerce problems by integrating intelligent, connected capabilities across distributed systems and large-scale enterprise environments.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.

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Skills

Dynamics 365 Microsoft Azure C# Java Python TypeScript Node.js .NET React Angular Cosmos DB Azure SQL Service Bus Microsoft Copilot API Design Microservices LLM Integration

What you'll do

Translate user requirements from product management and customers into technical solutions that deliver business value.
Lead architecture, dependency identification, and design for scalable Commerce services and extensibility frameworks.
Perform hands-on coding, technical design reviews, and code reviews to ensure high engineering quality.
Mentor engineers on producing maintainable code, secure-by-design practices, and automated testing.
Serve as the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for production services, including on-call monitoring and incident response.
Drive consistent monitoring and operations to improve availability, reliability, and performance at scale.
Partner across teams to embed AI into engineering workflows and accelerate AI adoption.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent).
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 12+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
Demonstrated experience designing and operating large-scale cloud or distributed services with technical ownership of architecture, reliability, and secure-by-design decisions (preferred).
Hands-on coding, debugging, API design, and problem-solving skills in large-scale systems using modern languages and frameworks such as C#, Java, TypeScript, or equivalents (preferred).
Experience providing technical leadership across teams, mentoring engineers, and communicating complex design decisions clearly in written and verbal English (preferred).
Hands-on experience with agentic coding and testing workflows using AI agents to develop software and generate automated tests (preferred).
Experience with Dynamics 365 Commerce, retail, supply chain, microservices, Azure, .NET, Node.js, React, Angular, or AI/ML-based solutions (preferred).

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