Mountain View, United States; Redmond, United States
Full job description
Microsoft Advertising seeks a Principal Software Engineer to build and maintain a modern User Identity Graph by ingesting data from multiple Microsoft sources, collaborating with partner teams, and ensuring pipeline robustness and scalability. The role involves working with Applied Scientists to design experimentation frameworks, analyze data quality, and drive business impact. Responsibilities include leading architecture decisions, coordinating cross-team dependencies, mentoring on testing and security, automating deployments, managing live site operations, and improving AI-driven software practices. Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Preferred qualifications include a Master's degree with 8+ years experience or Bachelor's with 12+ years. The position is full-time, on-site in Redmond, WA or Mountain View, CA. Salary ranges from $142,800 to $274,800 annually, with higher ranges for Bay Area and NYC locations.
What you'll do
Lead architecture discussions and decisions for complex products, evaluate design options, and create design documents supporting product requirements
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Identify dependencies across teams, coordinate integration, and resolve conflicts to align delivery schedules
Mentor others on creating and maintaining clear test strategies and ensuring quality, including security testing
Apply and promote security best practices across code and production environments, including security monitoring and incident response
Lead automation efforts for production deployment targeting zero-touch deployment where possible
Stay current on new technologies, trends, and engineering principles, and share knowledge with peers
Partner with stakeholders to drive project planning, breaking down vision into milestones, ensuring security and compliance plans are incorporated
Manage safe deployment practices, including automation and rollback plans, and monitor dependencies
Lead experiments using feature flags and metrics analysis to drive product improvements
Lead telemetry integration and monitoring to improve system reliability, security, and performance
Serve as designated responsible individual (DRI) for live site operations, incident management, and reducing incident volume
Lead coding excellence by mentoring others in writing secure, maintainable, and performant code, including applying modern coding patterns and AI tools
Lead debugging and root cause analysis efforts, applying minimal telemetry data and privacy-preserving methods
Review code and tests to ensure quality, test coverage, and adherence to best practices and security standards
Improve AI tools and practices across the software lifecycle, embedding responsible AI practices and promoting AI-driven process improvements
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Preferred: Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree with 12+ years experience OR equivalent experience
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensationAdditional benefits and pay information available at https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
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