Principal Software Engineer Microsoft
Redmond, WA

Job Description

Welcome to Microsoft Azure Storage - a massively scalable, highly distributed, ubiquitously accessible storage system, designed to scale and serve the data storage needs of entire world. We've had a tremendous hockey-stick growth with many Exabytes of data stored. Come join us as we march to Zettabyte scale and beyond.

A distributed system this large requires a creative change management service that rolls out code and configuration to datacenters around the world. A service that understands customers demand for high availability and adjusts for speed and safety automatically. An intelligent system that manages millions of machine updates across the globe 24/7.

Basic Requirements:

* BS+ in computer science or engineering or similar fields
* 7+ years of experience in developing in C#, C++ or any equivalent high-level programming language

Preferred Qualifications:

* Excellence in software engineering practices and coding
* Experience with multi-threaded programming
* Proven ability to plan, schedule and deliver quality software

Cloud Background check:

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.

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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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 Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

We are looking for engineers who are passionate about distributed systems and want to work on a fast-paced team with talented engineers. You will have an opportunity to make high impact changes on a daily basis as you build world class services that may indirectly or directly be used daily by your friends and family.