Microsoft Principal Software Engineer 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

765200533

• Experience in taking full ownership of web services from conception to production.
• Solid understanding of Object-Oriented Programming and common Design Patterns.
• 14+ years of relevant product software development experience and proficient in C# (Java or C++)
• Prior experience of leading product engineering and teams for large scale service delivery is a big plus.
• Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases, and good hands-on knowledge of operating systems like Linux or Windows.
• Good knowledge of cloud development (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud)
• Good expertise with working in Kubernetes, Rest API design and construction. Pub/Sub Models, Modern event processing and large-scale micro services constructio
• Good expertise in secure coding practices and data structure
• Well versed in distributed computing, Cloud Computing design patterns and solutions
• Ability to maintain Build and Deployment pipelines for production.
• Knowledge of performance characteristics of a REST API based service.
• Effective communication/collaboration skills, ability to deal with ambiguity and prioritize issues.
• Collaborating with technical partners to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Ability to mentor junior developers and author Design documents.
• Experience with multithreading and asynchronous processing patterns.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline using agile practices.
• Ability to quickly ramp up on multiple technology areas

Interpersonal skills

• Confident and articulate in expressing ideas to a mixed audience with varying views and challenges
• Cultural sensitivity and a proven ability to work with teams and partners across multiple geographies.
• A sense of personal ownership is required, together with the ability to deliver to tight deadlines while managing internal stakeholder expectations
• Self-motivated and organized to deliver results

Essential qualifications

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Engineering OR equivalent years of work experience.
• Minimum of 14+ years of applicable (Product engineering)work experience

• Design and implement scalable, reliable, maintainable services.
• Demonstrate strategic understanding of the timing and rationale for design choices, within the scope of work.
• Mentoring and taking ownership for the team delivery
• Consistently contribute key ideas to the product or service design and vision that meets the customer's needs.
• Drive design and architecture reviews across the team and apply expertise in available technologies
• Apply metrics to drive the quality and stability of code.
• Have a sense of pride, commitment, and personal accountability for the service quality, completeness and resulting user experience for the life of the product or service
• Work closely with geographically distributed team, including Product Managers and developers, to drive key improvements in backend Engineering System.As a Principal SWE, you will be responsible for all aspects of a feature area including Architecture, design, implementation, performance and quality. You will take such feature areas from ideation to successful global roll out. You will act as a code and design reviewer and mentor other engineers. You must be self-driven, proactive, and result-oriented.