Principal Software Engineer

We are building the Intelligent Conversation and Communications Cloud IC3 We power Microsoft s first-party real-time conversation products notably Teams with many millions of users by providing reliable and high-quality audio and video calling meetings and chat services that work every time from anywhere on any device And we expose our core capabilities to third-party partners with which they can bring conversations to life in their own products With IC3 we will enable customers to do more by making conversations on our platform more intelligent surfacing useful information in real-time and taking actions on the customers behalf during the conversation And we will learn from each conversation Every call meeting or chat will make the next one better Building and running services at scale for Microsoft 365 for hundreds of million consumer and enterprise users is a lot of fun and rewarding We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help us do just that to power and deliver on IC3 mission This opportunity will allow you to make a broad positive impact across many critical IC3 domains such as chat audio video calling meetings service and data engineering and service management We want you because you have an insatiable passion for technology your constant intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn your ability to communicate well in a team environment your desire to make our team better with your contributions and of course your ability to deliver the right results at the right time 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 Responsibilities We are looking for experienced backend engineers who are passionate about building large scale distributed systems As a part of the IC3 team in India you will be Architecting designing and implementing services that enable richer scenarios for our customers and solid platform that can scale for our ever increasing customer base Driving architecture and design across all services in IC3 around the world Working on distributed micro-services built on Azure compute with emphasis on service excellence and solid devops practices Building maintaining and enhancing large scale distributed systems that are able to deal with large amounts of data with tight availability reliability and latency constraints Coaching and guiding engineers every day to deliver on our commitments and help build technical expertise across the board 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 6 years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including but not limited to C C Java 2 years od experience with Distributed Services and Microsoft Azure 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 10 years technical engineering experience with any object-oriented coding languages including but not limited to C C Java or Python 7 years of professional experience with designing developing and shipping highly reliable distributed systems and services Solid understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture principles and operations Experience in DevOps to maintain live services and or application frameworks Experience in Cloud and services experience with Azure cloud experience highly desirable Excellent analytical skills with systematic and structured approach to software design and architecture Good communication skills and cross group collaboration Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age ancestry color family or medical care leave gender identity or expression genetic information marital status medical condition national origin physical or mental disability political affiliation protected veteran status race religion sex including pregnancy sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances If you need assistance and or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process please send a request via the IC3 IDC M365Core