Principal Software Engineer | Microsoft Careers

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Remote, USA Posted 10 days ago $142,800–$274,800 / year
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TL;DR

As the Principal Software Engineer and technical lead for our location services and geospatial platform, you will define long-term technical vision, drive architectural decisions, and ensure high reliability, scalability, and performance across mission-critical capabilities. You will collaborate with engineering, product, and operations leaders to deliver features that power global consumer experiences like Copilot, Ads, Bing, and Bing Places, as well as commercial partner platforms in Azure, Office, and Windows. Your responsibilities include leading the design and implementation of large-scale services, driving cross-team alignment on platform strategy, mentoring junior engineers, managing dependencies with TPMs, conducting deep technical investigations, and championing agentic coding and automation to raise engineering quality standards. Expertise in service architecture, cloud infrastructure, data-intensive systems, and location/geospatial technologies is essential for this role at the intersection of AI, Search, and Geospatial Intelligence.

Skills

Python C++ Azure Kubernetes Docker CI/CD PostgreSQL Redis Elasticsearch GraphQL RESTful APIs Microservices Cloud Native MESOS Zookeeper Hadoop Spark Kafka Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

  • Lead the design and implementation of large-scale services to ensure resiliency and operational excellence.
  • Drive cross-team alignment on platform strategy, APIs, and integration patterns for mission-critical capabilities.
  • Mentor junior engineers and influence engineering culture by championing agentic coding and automation practices.
  • Partner with TPMs to define roadmaps, manage dependencies, and mitigate risks in execution.
  • Lead technical investigations, incident reviews, and long-term reliability improvements for critical services.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience building and scaling distributed online services.
  • Proven ability to influence technical decisions across multiple engineering organizations.
  • Strong track record in managing complex dependencies and delivering results across teams.
  • Expertise in service architecture, cloud infrastructure, and data-intensive systems.
  • Excellent communication and conflict-resolution skills for stakeholder management.

Market check

Salary context

This $142,800–$274,800 range sits above 67% 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 451 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 417 roles with salary data.

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