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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
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The Principal Software Engineer - Web Platform joins the Edge Web Platform team to build foundational technologies for the web and AI-powered computing. This role involves defining and delivering browser capabilities across networking, navigation, media, storage, rendering, layout, web APIs, the JavaScript engine, and privacy, security, and identity. You will drive high-quality architecture and API design, contribute directly to the Chromium codebase, and collaborate with standards bodies and open-source communities to ensure interoperable implementations. The position requires expertise in browser, runtime, or systems engineering to solve complex problems regarding performance, security, and accessibility. Candidates must possess strong coding skills in languages such as C, C++, and Rust, along with the ability to provide technical leadership and end-to-end ownership of complex, cross-cutting web platform initiatives.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196750 from 2596 postings across 152 companies.
Set technical direction and drive high-quality architecture and API design across Edge and Chromium.
Deliver foundational web platform innovations focused on correctness, performance, security, and accessibility.
Contribute directly to the Chromium codebase to benefit the broader web community.
Partner with standards bodies and open-source communities to advance interoperable web capabilities.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to improve engineering quality on complex problems.
Take end-to-end ownership of projects from initial exploration and prototyping through shipping.
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 C, C++, and/or Rust.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire and every two years thereafter.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 12+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Experience contributing to large-scale software engineering projects (preferred).
Experience designing or implementing browser, runtime, operating-system, or other performance-critical systems (preferred).
Experience with the Chromium codebase and web standards, or with comparable browser or runtime systems (preferred).
Demonstrated technical leadership across teams or organizations on complex, cross-cutting initiatives (preferred).
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