Principal Software Engineer - Azure Kubernetes Services

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

77d • $163,000 - $296,400

About The Position

Are you passionate about containerized applications and cloud-native software development? If so, this opportunity may be a great fit for you. The Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) team manages Kubernetes so that Azure Kubernetes Service customers can focus on building and running their applications without the overhead of managing infrastructure. As a Principal Software Engineer on the Azure Kubernetes Service team, you will collaborate with key stakeholders to design architecture, implement core components, deliver product features, and support customer needs. You will lead the identification of dependencies and contribute to the development of design documentation for products, applications, services, or platforms. In addition, you will partner with relevant stakeholders to define user requirements across a variety of scenarios. This role offers the chance to work on impactful technologies that shape the future of cloud-native computing. You will be part of a team that values technical excellence, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous learning, all while contributing to scalable and reliable solutions for global customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Golang or Rust OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience working with Kubernetes OR managing distributed systems in production.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Golang or Rust OR Python OR equivalent experience.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Golang or Rust OR equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.
• Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.

Benefits

• Base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 per year.
• Base pay range for this role in the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area is USD $220,800 - $331,200 per year.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees