Principal Software Engineer

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Are you ready to revolutionize software innovation? Join the Experimentation Team at Microsoft, leading the charge under the Azure AI Platform. We're driving the future with ExP, one of the planet’s largest experimentation platforms, trusted by Microsoft's premier teams like Azure, Teams, Bing, and Office. With ExP, we're transforming decision-making through A/B testing, and enabling customers answer questions like: What factors affect the quality of the Bing user experience? What causes users to make a first payment with XBox? How does a new Outlook feature impact Office’s business metrics?

The Experimentation Team is currently seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their team. Push the envelope for how data is leveraged and change the way software is built. Work in an agile and diverse engineering team, closely partnering with world-class data scientists with leadership that will help you grow your career. Help evolve the ExP platform into an Azure offering.

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.

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

Required 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.

Other Requirements

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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Master'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 equivalent experience.
• A technical background and solid foundation in software engineering principles and architecture design

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until December 9, 2024.

• Architect and design complex distributed systems and build consensus.
• Design, build, maintain and operate services with high traffic and high resiliency for ExP Platform
• Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code, optimizing performance and ROI
• Leads design efforts, identifying dependencies and coordinating cross-team communications
• Leads efforts to collect, classify, and analyze complex data and analyses on a range of metrics.