OneDrive and SharePoint are rapidly growing services at the center of Microsoft's cloud, interacting with almost every part of Microsoft. You would be a part of a team that is fundamentally changing the way that millions of people use their devices and interact with the most important content for their home, work, and school.

We're the Monetization team and we own the Billing Platform that powers consumption-based billing for numerous Microsoft 365 pay-as-you-go services. We are looking for an agile and intellectually curious Principal Software Engineer - Backend who loves creating and building things that delight and protect our customers. You will be working with a team of amazing engineers, PMs, and designers, and work closely with other teams across Microsoft to deliver large scale, distributed architectures, and features to meet OneDrive and SharePoint's core service needs.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Please note this application is not for a remote position and is based in our Redmond, Washington office only.

Responsibilities

You will work in large-scale distributed systems that are critical for customers around the world.

You will design and deliver services that manage internet-scale data stores, enable best-in-the-world file and site browsing and editing performance, or add innovative features to how people manage and interact with their data.

You will contribute to and help shape the vibrant, inclusive engineering culture of OneDrive & SharePoint.

You will be expected to do deep, data-driven, collaborative design for additions and changes to our products.

You will write clean, efficient code and comprehensive tests.

You will build coverage with metrics and telemetry to ensure we understand exactly what is happening with our services at all times.

You will deliver features that will support and serve hundreds of millions of customers around the world.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

OR equivalent experience.

2+ years of industry experience with cloud-scale services and server/service management features.

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 in coding, debugging, algorithm design, and problem-solving skills.

Experience collaborating with peers and partner teams to meet joint engineering goals.

Able to learn new systems quickly and adapt new methodologies to our services.

Experience with building cloud-scale infrastructure components.

Awareness, passion, and experience related to cloud scale distributed design and patterns.

Familiarity with secure software design concepts.

Experience in delivering projects that include multiple components.?

Ability and eagerness to work across and partner with multiple engineering teams to achieve business goals.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/us-corporate-pay.html)

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 22, 2025.

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