Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
Azure Local is a globally distributed team responsible for the expanding development and operation of Microsoft’s Azure platform by extending Azure’s cloud capabilities to on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments. Bring the power of Azure to the places where customers need it most through the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) product on Azure Local. On the Azure Local AKS team, you'll build the Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure that enables customers to run modern applications on Azure Local, across their datacenters and edge locations. You'll collaborate with engineers across Azure to make complex distributed systems reliable, secure, and easier to operate. As a Principal Software Engineer on the Azure Local AKS team, you'll design and deliver software that automates how AKS clusters are provisioned, upgraded, and managed on Azure Local. You'll own features from design through production, shape architectural decisions, and mentor fellow engineers while solving challenging problems in networking, virtualization, and cluster lifecycle management. This opportunity will allow you to deepen your expertise in Kubernetes and distributed systems, strengthen your technical leadership, and develop a practical understanding of customers' cloud needs. This role offers a hybrid work arrangement, combining in-office collaboration with the flexibility to work from home. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
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.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role.
- Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, GoLang, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python OR Master'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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Experience in building, shipping and operating reliable on-premise cloud infrastructure
- Ability to engage in site-reliability engineering practices
- Knowledge of secure development practices and maintaining project compliance
- Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes and Linux Operating Systems
- Experience with Kubernetes Cluster API (CAPI) and Providers
- Experience in one or more of the following Areas: Microsoft Azure core services, Networking, Storage, and Compute (including virtualization), Platform Monitoring, Logging and Alerting, CI/CD (Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery) to automate delivery stages with pipelines and control promotion with quality gates, Linux Operating systems, Kubernetes Cluster API (CAPI) and Providers
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
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
- Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
