Principal Software Engineer (Multiple Positions)

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

2h

About The Position

Principal Software Engineer (Multiple Positions) We are building a planet-scale multi-modal database and infrastructure for executing agents (including orchestration and memory) from the ground up. You will be part of the team that is reimagining the databases in the era of Large Language Models (LLMs) by deeply integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into all parts of the stack. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead and collaborate with a team of passionate engineers, driving ideas to impactful results in a fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for operating the service for some of the largest enterprise customers. You will be working on operations, live site, deployment, monitoring, compliance, alerting and maintaining the Service Level Agreement (SLA) for our service. Successful engineers in our team have problem solving, design, coding and debugging skills, drive for execution and results, rigor in delivering quality software and a desire for continuous learning. Our team values a friendly, collaborative atmosphere with a passion for technology, and we believe that a diverse team with diverse perspectives that applies empathy and uses great communication skills helps deliver superior products and is key to success. This is a great opportunity to challenge yourself, grow your career, and influence the next generation of computing at Microsoft. 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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

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#, or Java OR equivalent experience.
• Programming/coding as a primary or majority responsibility in your current or most recent role.

Nice To Haves

• 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#, Java OR equivalent experience OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in shipping products and services.
• Hands on experience with asynchronous programming and concurrency (threads, tasks, futures, async/await).
• Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and/or Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Experience in building database engines, query engines, indexing solutions (columnar, full-text, vector), at scale.
• Experience with programming CUDA, AI systems at scale.
• Experience with live site operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or production support roles.
• Experience with Helm.
• Experience in shipping scalable and reliable services.

Responsibilities

• This is an individual contributor that requires demonstrating leadership capabilities and requires extensive hands-on coding in C++, C#/Java. The majority of time focused on coding responsibilities pertaining to quality of service, livesite, monitoring, deployment, service lifecycle.
• Independently execute in the face of ambiguity.
• Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Writes efficient systems code and able to debug distributed systems.
• 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.
• Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Embody our culture and values.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees