Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

, , Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

02 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

02 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

C++, C#, Distributed Systems, Multi-threaded Programming, REST API, Software Engineering Practices, Data Structures, Algorithms, Testing, Debugging, Analytical Skills, Security, Authentication, Reliability, Performance, Architecture

Industry

Software Development

Description

Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios. Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products. Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items. Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions. Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers. 8+ years of professional software development experience building scalable, distributed services with C++ or C#. Experience of both is a big plus. 5 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Design, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required. A passion for distributed systems and large-scale storage Experience with multi-threaded/parallel programming Solid REST API knowledge. Excellence in software engineering practices, coding and solid foundation in data structures, algorithms with strong testing, debugging and analytical skills Proven ability to plan, schedule and deliver quality software A determined engineer, someone who is disciplined about reliability, performance and architecture. Personable and positive: we want people with a high emotional intelligence. You understand people aren't perfect-you have the patience to work through difficult issues with external and partner teams. Driven: Interested in owning cross team initiatives and improvements to improve Azure Storage. 3+ year(s) of experiencein Security / Authentication areas.

Responsibilities

The Principal Software Engineer partners with stakeholders to determine user requirements and leads the development of design documents. They mentor engineers, monitor systems for issues, and drive improvements in product performance and reliability.