Microsoft
Principal Software Engineer
$143K–$304K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Fargo, ND - Experience
- 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding; preferred alternatives: 8+ years with a Master's Degree, 12+ years with a Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Provides technical leadership and sets the architecture and direction of the Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations user-interface platform, including emerging AI-enabled experiences.
What you'll do
- Own the F&O UI architecture and lead technical design decisions and platform evolution.
- Partner across engineering, product, and design to deliver secure, reliable, performant, scalable, and accessible experiences.
- Prototype emerging UI concepts, lead design reviews, mentor engineers, and guide AI-enabled and MCP Apps experiences.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in listed languages, 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 and 8+ years of technical engineering experience, or Bachelor's Degree and 12+ years, or equivalent experience.
- Experience architecting complex software products or large-scale UI platforms, leading multi-team technical design, and/or working with AI and agent-based application patterns.
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, MCP Apps
AI focus
Establish technical direction for AI-enabled application experiences, MCP Apps, and agent-based interactive experiences.
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