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Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

$139,900 - $304,200
Oct 24, 2025
Redmond, WA, US
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Microsoft's Commerce & Ecosystem (C+E) division needs to design, build, and modernize secure, compliant, and high-performance services that drive Microsoft's commerce and financial platforms, with a key focus on using AI to accelerate development, improve system reliability, and transform solution delivery.

Requirements

  • 1+ years of experience using AI to build and maintain software systems
  • 3+ years of experience with middle tier/backend technologies such as C-Sharp, .NET, SQL/NoSQL DBs, web services, REST APIs, JSON, XML, etc.…
  • Deep understanding of OO-design and software design patterns
  • Experience developing software solutions on Azure or other cloud platform
  • coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C-Sharp, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • 10+ years of software development experience
  • 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C-Sharp, Java, JavaScript, or Python

Responsibilities

  • Use AI technologies to streamline development workflows, reinforce simplicity in design, improve test automation, and enhance system redundancy and scalability
  • Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and reliable software systems for Microsoft’s financial and commerce operations, with a strong emphasis on simplicity and testability
  • Drive development practices that prioritize clear code, observability, automated testing, built-in redundancy, and the ability to scale easily
  • Establish strong governance for APIs, data security, and compliance, ensuring systems remain simple to operate, resilient under load, and straightforward to monitor
  • Influence product strategy and technology decisions for Microsoft’s commerce platform, promoting systems that are easy to support, test, and scale
  • Design, build, and modernize secure, compliant, and high-performance services that drive Microsoft’s commerce and financial platforms.
  • Partner across teams to ensure engineering efforts align with business, compliance, and operational goals, prioritizing solutions that are robust, easy to observe, and simple to maintain

Other

  • Mentor engineers and foster a team culture that values learning, inclusion, technical rigor, and continuous improvement through simple, reliable engineering practices
  • 3+ years leading and mentoring a team of software engineers
  • Experience leading geographically distributed teams
  • 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.