Microsoft Principal Software Engineer Infra 

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver 

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As a Principal Software Engineer on this team, you will partner with engineers across AI Frameworks to understand and optimize and scale day to day workflows that are reliant on engineering systems (build, CI/CD, test, security, and process). Our success is measured in developer productivity across the organization while meeting rigorous security and test requirements.

This is a technical role: it requires hands on software design and development skills. We’re looking for someone who has a demonstrated history of solving complex technical problems and is motivated to tackle the hardest problems in building a full end-to-end AI stack. An entrepreneurial approach and ability to take initiative and move fast are essential.

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#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

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• 3+ years’ experience with any of the following: CMake, CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Azure, Cloud Security.

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:

• A technical background and solid foundation in software engineering principles and architecture design
• An intellectual curiosity and passion about learning new technologies
• Previous cross-team collaboration skills and the desire to collaborate in a team of researchers and developers
• 2+ years’ experience with CI/CD systems
• 2+ years’ experience with build systems
• 2+ years’ experience with Linux development
• Exposure to cloud security and Azure

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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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 27, 2024.

• Apply engineering principles for defining robust and maintainable architectures and designs.
• Collaborate broadly across multiple disciplines from hardware designers to ML developers.
• Help establish and drive the adoption of good coding standards and patterns.
• Perform software development in C/C++, Python, YAML, Powershell, and other languages.
• Identify requirements, scope solutions, estimate work, schedule deliverables.
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