We believe in the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to transform and enrich people's lives in meaningful ways. If you are an engineer with a passion for crafting modern innovative experiences that are inclusive, intelligent, human-centered, and are used by millions of people world-wide look no further!  

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the AI-powered services and platform team, pushing the boundaries of modern creation experiences across the M365 ecosystem of applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Designer. Come be a part of the evolution in modern productivity with AI and Copilot at the center. We are growing the capabilities and scale of Graphics platforms and services, pushing the limits of AI to help create the world’s best productivity applications.

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test, and deploy features with quality, maintainability, and end to end ownership in collaboration with project lead, user experience (UX) Designers and product managers.

• Act as a technical leader, guiding the team through complex problems. Review and contribute to the specifications and implementations written by other team members.

• Work closely with engineering managers and break down long-term project vision into milestones as part of an overall roadmap.

• Collaborate effectively within the team and with partner teams across Microsoft.

• Proactively seek new information and adjust tonew trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance while also driving monitoring improvements and operations at scale.​ 

• Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture)  and values. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values)  

• Contribute to a culture of excellence, inclusion, collaboration, and customer focus.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

• 5+ years of experience in building:

• high scale services backend with focus on engineering for machine learning (ML) systems OR

• modern web user experience (UX)/Frontend, TypeScript, JavaScript or React across platforms.

Other Requirement

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check : This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications

• 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, 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 data structures and algorithms with design, debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to communicate and work cross group and across disciplines. 

• Ability to navigate uncertain situations and making well-informed decisions amidst ambiguity.

• Ability to handle customers, product quality, engineering excellence, test engineering and having a growth mindset.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/us-corporate-pay.html)

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 3, 2024

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .