Microsoft Principal Software Engineer 

Czechia, Prague, Prague 

59829223

About us:

• We’re a savvy group of generalizing specialists; we blend years of software engineering expertise with some of the newest and most popular tools, frameworks and methodologies to empower an entire organization to build great software.
• We pride ourselves in building smart systems and tools which make our fellow engineers more productive every day and enables them to ship high quality code to our customer continuously.
• We use Teams to ship Teams. Our tools are integrated into the product itself.

About you:

• You have strong expertise with CI/CD practices and have an opinion on how to apply them at scale.
• You have a strong sense of craftsmanship in the solutions you create and an idea about how software should and should not be built & released.
• You believe that a task worth doing is a task worth automating.
• You seek out opportunities to learn new skills and technologies.
• You think ahead and build for the future and aren’t afraid of ambiguous challenges.
• You have a history of driving successful cross-organizational initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or related technical field) AND proficent technical engineering experience with coding in Object Oriented languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, TypeScript/JavaScript, or Python.
• Experience with ownership of projects to meet deadlines, and collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring that the product meets quality standards.
  
• Experience collaborating with other teams to craft overall product vision and strategies.
  
• Experience mentoring and coaching junior engineers.

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:

• Experience with cloud services, Azure PaaS & Services.
• Experience developing and maintaining engineering infrastructure tools/bots.
  
• Experience with ownership of shipping features and with Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) processes.
  
• Experience shaping the technical direction of a project or product, creating a long-term vision, aligning it with business goals, and guiding the team toward successful implementation.

As a Principal Software Engineer on our team, you would work on, but not be limited to:

• Design, develop and maintain engineering infrastructure, tools, and services that power the CI/CD for Microsoft Teams across different clients/platforms.
• Build tools/bots and leverage AI to improve developer productivity, contribute ideas to continuously improve our systems, and drive actionable code and product quality feedback.
• Champion best practices, tools, and processes for a data-driven, quality-focused release of Microsoft Teams as frequently as possible to our customers.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop overall product vision as well as strategies on how to realize the vision by identifying technical challenges & proposing solutions.
• Embody our culture and values.