Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer - CoreAI
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
United States - Experience
- 6+ years of technical engineering experience; equivalent experience is an alternative to the degree-and-experience requirement.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Provides technical leadership for the reliability, performance, and operation of Azure SQL databases supporting a production Azure service.
What you'll do
- Own database availability, durability, performance, capacity planning, and incident response.
- Guide database architecture and lead safe schema changes, configuration updates, and live data migrations.
- Improve observability and reliability through telemetry, automation, reusable tooling, and operational standards.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Nice to have
- Experience operating Azure SQL in large-scale, highly available production environments and tuning databases for mission-critical systems.
- Experience with distributed database systems, online migrations, incident leadership, SRE, Azure SQL high-availability patterns, and technical leadership across teams.
Pay
USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
Azure SQL, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python
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