Principal Software Engineer
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Location: Redmond, WA 98052
Description:
Now more than ever, we live in an age where AI and cloud services are empowering people around the world to achieve more. Behind these innovative services exists a critical infrastructure that is bringing them to life.
On the ObjectStore team we build the core cloud platform backing Bing and Copilot. ObjectStore has grown to be used across all of Microsoft including Copilot, Bing, Azure, Office, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and more. Our product is impacting individual's lives in scenarios such as web search, AI chat, friends exploring, and local deal finding.
Today ObjectStore has over 10 thousand storage tables world-wide, with 350+ partners across divisions of Microsoft.
Over time, ObjectStore has matured from a low latency key-value store into a rich serving platform. It supports features such as auto scaling and healing, full text search, deep learning vector search and general computation hosting.
We learn from and compete with many popular NoSQL, Indexing and Deep-Learning serving technologies in the industry. These are the hottest domains in the modern cloud infrastructure age that are unlocking the power for AI at scale.
We are looking for a passionate Principal Software Engineer, to join us in building the next generation of storage and computation fabric using in-house and open-source technologies. You will be hands-on in a massively scaled and distributed system.
Our developers design, implement, and rollout features with a data-driven and test-driven methodology. Furthermore, they have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud and machine learning technologies. We are a flat team, so you will participate in agile scrum, collaborate with people who have different domain expertise, and have opportunities to explore and contribute in a variety of areas.
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:
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications
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
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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 22, 2024.
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.
#Bing
On the ObjectStore team we build the core cloud platform backing Bing and Copilot. ObjectStore has grown to be used across all of Microsoft including Copilot, Bing, Azure, Office, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and more. Our product is impacting individual's lives in scenarios such as web search, AI chat, friends exploring, and local deal finding.
Today ObjectStore has over 10 thousand storage tables world-wide, with 350+ partners across divisions of Microsoft.
Over time, ObjectStore has matured from a low latency key-value store into a rich serving platform. It supports features such as auto scaling and healing, full text search, deep learning vector search and general computation hosting.
We learn from and compete with many popular NoSQL, Indexing and Deep-Learning serving technologies in the industry. These are the hottest domains in the modern cloud infrastructure age that are unlocking the power for AI at scale.
We are looking for a passionate Principal Software Engineer, to join us in building the next generation of storage and computation fabric using in-house and open-source technologies. You will be hands-on in a massively scaled and distributed system.
Our developers design, implement, and rollout features with a data-driven and test-driven methodology. Furthermore, they have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge cloud and machine learning technologies. We are a flat team, so you will participate in agile scrum, collaborate with people who have different domain expertise, and have opportunities to explore and contribute in a variety of areas.
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:
- Share accountability for a wide array of assets and be comfortable with learning a broad array of technologies.
- Design and implement features in a distributed environment using data to guide and measure success.
- Debug and mitigate incidents in live production environments.
- Participate in regular team scrums and communicate regularly and clearly with team members and leads.
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 of experience working on a distributed platform.
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
- 8+ years of development experience with C++ or another unmanaged Object Oriented language.
- Experience debugging live distributed systems.
- Experience using or developing NoSQL storage systems.
- Able to quantitatively evaluate, implement and verify a solution in a distributed environment, using simulation, testing, counters, logging, and other methodologies.
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
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 22, 2024.
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.
#Bing