Principal Software Engineer | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

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WA Posted 67 days ago $139,900–$274,800 / year
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TL;DR

The Ads Data Platform Team at Microsoft AI is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their high-impact engineering group in Redmond, WA. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to define and implement new features for the Bing Ads platform, ensuring they meet stringent security and compliance standards while maintaining system reliability and performance. Day-to-day tasks include designing scalable infrastructure, optimizing machine learning inference systems, and addressing complex technical challenges related to real-time bidding and ad ranking. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Azure, big data technologies like Spark and Hadoop, and a proven track record in distributed systems design and implementation. This position offers the chance to work on a system that powers ads across Microsoft’s major services at an exceptional scale, driving innovation in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

Skills

Azure Python Java C++ Kafka Spark Hadoop HDFS Flink Scala Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Git Jenkins

What you'll do

  • Design system features for Bing Ads based on stakeholder requirements.
  • Ensure new features meet security, compliance, and quality standards.
  • Monitor and resolve issues as the Designated Responsible Individual (DRI).
  • Improve software developer tools to support code creation and maintenance.
  • Analyze distributed system performance and propose solutions to enhance capacity.
  • Implement scalable infrastructure for containerized services in production.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience in designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
  • Proficient in big data technologies including Spark, Hadoop, HDFS, Kafka, and Flink.
  • Strong background in Azure cloud services and online system design.
  • Expertise in creating efficient, extensible, and maintainable code with minimal defects.
  • Ability to analyze and optimize performance of distributed systems for low latency.

Market check

Salary context

This $139,900–$274,800 range sits above 65% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$139,900–$257,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$177,250–$214,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

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 534 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 488 roles with salary data.

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