Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

, , United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

30 Sep, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Virtual Machines, Containers, Bare Metal Servers, Technical Leadership, Mentoring, High-Performance Services, Resilient Design, Collaboration, Innovation, Security, Compliance, Performance, Availability, Reliability

Industry

Software Development

Description

Join our dynamic team at Azure Core Compute and be at the forefront of building the next generation cloud that will redefine how businesses scale, collaborate, and thrive. We are one of the most profitable and fastest-growing businesses at Microsoft on the mission to make Azure the world’s computer powering all customer workloads! The Azure Core Compute Node Services team is responsible for materializing and managing customer-facing compute resources as virtual machines, containers and bare metal servers. We actively explore forward-looking technologies, evolving the host OS while utilizing hardware offloads and leveraging disaggregation. As a mission-critical cloud platform, our goal is to ensure industry-leading availability, reliability, performance, compliance and security. Join us as Principal Engineer and step into a pivotal role where you will not only lead the technical direction but also have a unique opportunity to drive groundbreaking innovations that shape our future. In this capacity, you’ll guide and mentor talented teams, taking ownership of features that operate at massive scale and impact millions of users. Collaborate with organizations to tackle some of the most complex technical challenges, designing resilient, high-performance services that adapt to evolving hardware and business needs. Here, your vision, creativity, and leadership will be celebrated and amplified, empowering you to make a lasting difference both in our products and in the broader engineering community. If you’ve dreamed of making global impact and love creating value for customers while also having fun in a globally distributed, culturally diverse team, come talk to us today!  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.

Responsibilities

Lead the technical direction and drive innovations in cloud computing. Guide and mentor teams while taking ownership of features that impact millions of users.