Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years required; preferred alternatives: 8+ years with a master's degree or 12+ years with a bachelor's degree; equivalent experience is accepted.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads development and scaling of Dataverse microservices that provide near-real-time data insights in Microsoft Agent 365, with focus on reliability, security, performance, and experimentation.
What you'll do
- Leads debugging, verification, incident retrospectives, and preventive repair actions across production products.
- Guides secure, scalable, high-quality product development and formal validation of security invariants.
- Leads feature-flag experiments, evaluates customer and guard-rail metrics, and decides next steps or ship decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in a listed language, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 12+ years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
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, Microsoft Dataverse, Microsoft Agent 365
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