Microsoft Principal Software Engineer 

United States, Washington 

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Viva Goals is aSaaS solutiondefine andmanage their goalseasily and. As part of the Microsoft Viva suite, Viva Goals integrates into employee experiences, empoweringand individuals to manage their goals from anywhere, and helps individualsfoster a culture of accountability, transparency, and alignment, ensuring that everyone is working towards the same.

We are currently on a mission to reimagine and simplify the process of goals management for teams/individuals using the power of data (from other work-related systems) and AI.We are in the midst of building a brand new V2 version of the product from the ground up using the latest and greatest technologies.Principal Software Engineer who canscale enterpriseproduct.

As a keySoftware Engineer in Viva Goals, you willbe responsible for, developand services that power various features and scenariosfor our service. You willnext generation goals platform componentsgenerative AI capabilitie, buildand connections with other M365enable Substrate capabilities,. You will closely partner with engineers and teams across Microsoft to.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• + years of working experience in designing, building, and managing highly availableand distributedlarge-scaleservices.
• 5+years of experience in software engineering, preferably with full stack development using JavaScript, Java, TypeScript, Python, or Go/Golang.
• Proficiency in using open source frameworks such as Spring/Spring Boot, React/Angular3+, Express.js, or others for building web applications and APIs.
• 3+ years of working experience with cloud services such as AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, or others, and familiarity with cloud concepts such as containers, orchestration, serverless, and microservices.
• Knowledge of database technologies such as MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Redis, or others, and ability to design, optimize, and query data models.
• Some experience with UI development, including HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles.
• Experience with existing M365 foundational technologies.
• Experiencein software engineering practices, coding and solid foundation in data structures, algorithms with proven testing, debugging and analytical skills.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices such as continuous integration, continuous delivery, testing, and monitoring.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year.Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: yMicrosoft will accept applications for the role until June 24, 2024.

• Oversees partnerships with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements within and across teams for multiple solutions or product lines.
• Oversees teams and provide technical leadership for identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Acts as a gatekeeper for product compliance,identifyingand addressing security/privacy concerns.
• Plays a key role in shaping the system architecture that provides measurable customer valuealong withdriving engineering and operational excellence across the product.
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders to drive project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitortheservice for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restoretheservice when appropriate.
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability,scalability,reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
• Workswith the team toimprovethe overall productivity through recommendationsandimprovements to tools and processes.

• Embody our