Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Experience
- Required: 6+ years; alternatively, equivalent experience. Preferred education-and-experience alternatives: Master's Degree and 8+ years, or Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads the design, development, and operation of scalable Dynamics 365 Commerce services and extensibility frameworks, while providing cross-team technical leadership and advancing AI adoption.
What you'll do
- Define architecture and technical designs for reliable Commerce services across stores, e-commerce, call centers, and back-office integrations.
- Lead hands-on coding, code and design reviews, mentoring, and cross-team project execution.
- Own production services, including on-call incident response and improvements to reliability, performance, and observability.
What they ask for
- 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.
- Demonstrated experience designing and operating large-scale cloud or distributed services, with technical ownership of architecture, reliability, and secure-by-design decisions.
- Hands-on coding, debugging, API design, and problem-solving skills in large-scale systems.
- Experience providing technical leadership across teams, mentoring engineers, and communicating complex design decisions clearly in written and verbal English.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with agentic coding and testing workflows, using AI agents to develop software, generate and execute automated tests, and review and validate AI-generated code.
- Experience with Dynamics 365 Commerce, retail, supply chain, enterprise systems, omnichannel experiences, cloud technologies, or AI/ML-based solutions.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Azure, Service Bus
AI focus
Accelerate AI adoption in engineering workflows, including agentic software development and testing; the posting also mentions AI/ML solutions such as Microsoft Copilot, LLM integration, or personalization.
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