Microsoft Principal Software Engineer 

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver 

440004340

Required/Minimum 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#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 2+ years of RUST programming experience.

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/Additional Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

  • OR equivalent experience.

• Experience with life cycle of service development, deployment and servicing.
• Experience with existing open-source api stack like MongoDB is a huge plus.
• 5+ years technical experience working with large-scale cloud or distributed systems.
• Management Information Systems (MIS), or other industry or product specific Engineering Certifications.
• 6+ years of RUST programming expertise in scalability improvements.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $135,800 - CAD $253,000 per year.

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As a Principal Software Engineer on the team, responsibilities include:

• Design and implement end-to-end CosmosDB MongoDB API gateway service
• Collaborate with partner teams and management both upstream and downstream dependencies
• Assume ownership in building highly performant and scalable gateway service
• Proactively improve service telemetry revealing gaps in all areas ranging from availability to serviceability

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