Microsoft Principal Platform Architect - Teams 

United States, Washington 

673598213

Required/Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years of software platform architecture experience.

• OR equivalent experience.

• 8+ years of experience focused on advanced software development and architecture, building commercial-grade, high-availability services.
• 8+ years of experience driving software platform architecture projects from both a technical and functional perspective. Guiding complex projects from planning through execution and service operations.

Other or Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years of software platform architecture experience.

• OR equivalent experience.

• 12+ years of experience focused on advanced software development and architecture, building commercial-grade, high-availability services.
• 12+ years of experience driving software platform architecture projects from both a technical and functional perspective. Guiding complex projects from planning through execution and service operations.
• Excellent communication skills with a growth mindset.
• Demonstrated commitment to software engineering excellence.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a history of navigating significant technical challenges, emphasizing a continuous release mindset and service operation in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to lead in a fast-paced, customer focused, and data-driven environment.
• A decisive, self-directed, collaborative, and innovative approach to projects.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until June 3, 2024.

• Establish long term technical strategy and direction for key Platform Initiatives.
• Create and improve architecture designs for complex end to end scenarios that involve multiple teams and services.
• Drive the engineering culture to strive for a scalable architecture, operational excellence, experimentation driven culture, growth mindset, and being customer obsessed.
• Influence,lead,and collaborate effectively across leadership,teams,and organizations to drive outcomes–the scope here is company-wide.
• Collaborate with Product teams tomake sure we address key customer needs and put customer feedback incenterof product design
• Need tooperateeffectively amongst executive leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Fosters a healthy and inclusive team environment.
• Embody our