Microsoft Principal Software Engineer 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

612898908

We are building a planet-scale multi-modal database from the ground up. You will be part of the team that is reimagining the databases in the era ofLarge Language Models ()by deeply integratingArtificial Intelligence ()into all parts of the stack.

As aSoftware Engineer, you will lead and collaborate with a team of passionate engineers, driving ideas to impactful results in a fast-paced environment.You willbe responsible forthe service for some of the largest enterprise customers.

You will be working onoperations, live site, deployment, monitoring, compliance,the Service Level Agreement ()for our service.

and a desire for continuous learning. Our team values a friendly, collaborative atmosphere with a passion for technology, and we believe that a diverse team with diverse perspectives that applies empathy and usesgreat communicationskills helps deliver superior products and is key to success. This isto challenge yourself, grow your career, and influence the next generation of computing at Microsoft.

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 Scienceor 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.
• Experience in shipping products and services.
• Currently programming/codinginyour current or most recent role.
• Hands onexperience with asynchronous programming and concurrency (threads, tasks, futures, async/await).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science orrelated technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java,JavaScriptor Python
  • ORMaster's Degree in Computer Scienceor 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 withAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS),Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and/or Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE).
• Experience withVirtual Machine Scale Sets(VMSS).
• Experience withlive site operations,Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)or production support roles.
• Experience withHelm.
• Experience in shipping products and services.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 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 $188,000 - $304,200 per year.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 October 20, 2025.

• This will be an individual contributor role withthe majority oftime focused on coding responsibilitiespertaining toquality of service,livesite, monitoring, deployment, service lifecycle.
• Leadsidentification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Leads by example andmentorsothers to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call tomonitorsystem/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.

• Embody our and .