Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

Remote

Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Redmond, WA
Salary
$142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Closes
Dec 1, 2026

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Similar $188k
This role $209k
$127k most similar roles pay here $291k

This role pays more than 63% of similar roles. Most pay $161,500–$214,500 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $209k versus about $188k 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 728 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Principal Software Engineer

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As a hands-on Software Engineer or Senior Software Engineer in the Customer Experience Engineering (CXE) team at Microsoft’s Office of the CTO within the Cloud and AI Platform division, you will collaborate with strategic Azure customers to design and optimize production applications while contributing to the development of an observability-focused service. Your day-to-day responsibilities include supporting live environments through on-call participation, creating reusable engineering assets for scalable customer success, and influencing Azure platform engineering by representing real-world customer needs. You will work globally, engaging directly with customers using tools like the Azure Portal and Visual Studio, and may travel up to 25% of the time. The role requires expertise in languages such as C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, and a deep understanding of cloud architecture and operational visibility at scale.

Skills

Azure Python C# Java JavaScript CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Terraform Visual Studio Prometheus Grafana Git SQL Linux Windows Server RESTful APIs JSON YAML Nginx Azure Portal

What you'll do

  • Drive engineering impact by designing and optimizing Azure solutions for strategic customers.
  • Contribute to the development and enhancement of an observability-focused service.
  • Ensure production reliability through on-call support and incident resolution.
  • Develop reusable technical assets to accelerate customer success at scale.
  • Influence Azure platform improvements based on real-world customer needs.
  • Enhance technical capabilities within the Customer Experience & Success organization.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience.
  • Proficiency in coding languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire and every two years thereafter.
  • Experience working on customer projects using the Azure platform.
  • Comfortable moving between architectural design discussions, hands-on development, and live production troubleshooting.

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