Microsoft Principal Software Engineer - Kubernetes 

United States, Washington 

226671296

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C# or Go

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of experience with Cloud Native technologies including containers, Go, and Kubernetes

• Ability to participate in a period, global 24x7 on-call rotation.

Other Requirements

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:

• Experience operating a large-scale Kubernetes environment (10’s of clusters) which hosts multiple applications.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes networking configurations and security best practices.
• Awareness of, and ability to reason about, modern software & systems architectures, including load-balancing, queueing, caching, distributed systems failure modes, and microservices.
• Understanding of computer science, including data structures and algorithms
• Experience designing, building, and troubleshooting complex software systems.
• Demonstrable ability to own and deliver software projects, particularly through technical leadership of other engineers.
• Willingness and ability to respectfully challenge the status quo, using negotiation and collaboration to influence others across organizational silos.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Month June 25, 2024.

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