Principal Software Engineer - Teams Platform

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

69d • $139,900 - $274,800

About The Position

Are you interested in joining one of the most innovative and impactful product groups at Microsoft? Interested in how Microsoft Teams is revolutionizing workplace collaboration? Look no further. You will be working on cutting-edge solutions that support the next evolution in collaboration and productivity through Microsoft Teams. The Microsoft Teams Developer Platform provides exciting opportunities to build resilient, highly scalable web apps and services that support artificial intelligence (AI) first scenarios for an ever-growing user and developer base. This Principal Software Engineer role with Teams Platform offers an unparalleled opportunity to advance your skills in systems design, large-scale web app and service architecture, public API development, and modern technologies like React, GraphQL, and large language models (LLMs).

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience architecting and building large-scale web applications.
• Experience with modern web technologies like React, TypeScript, GraphQL, etc.
• Experience with web applications work for example: authentication, cookies, offline storage.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Experience building with LLMs, agent frameworks, or multi-agent orchestration platforms.
• Experience developing test plans, cases, conditions, and scenarios in support of application validation and platform infrastructure.
• Experience in driving improvements in performance, availability, and supportability.
• Proven customer obsession and experience in handling on-call duties for large-scale web apps and services.
• Proven analytical, problem-solving, debugging and technical communication skills.
• Passion for designing clean, powerful, and easy-to-use APIs.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and excel in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Tackle complex problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with a diverse, cross-functional team of engineers and product managers, while also engaging directly with external developers to ensure their feedback shapes the evolution of our services.
• Contribute to one of the fastest-growing products in Microsoft's history.
• Implement new features with high quality designs, execution, and robust deployment plans.
• Provide technical leadership for strategic initiatives and guide the broader team.
• Lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Hold 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 seek new knowledge and adapt 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.

Benefits

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree