Principal Software Engineer – IC3 Platform & AI Ops Engineering Full-time

We are building the Intelligent Conversation and Communications Cloud (IC3). We power Microsoft’s first-party real-time conversation products, notably Skype and 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.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our team!

Our team (IC3 Platform & AI Ops Engineering) is central team that focuses on security, deployment, reliability and AI operations for all of IC3. This candidate will be passionate, self-motivated, and experienced in microservices. This role is essential in building tools, processes, automation, and engineering infrastructure that empower IC3 developers worldwide to create secure and compliant services trusted by both consumers and highly-regulated enterprises.

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:

• Collaborate with geographically distributed teams across Microsoft (including IC3, Azure, and Office) and cross-functional disciplines (including developer, security, privacy, and compliance teams).
• Formulate standardize deployment tools, processes, and architectures to help developers effortlessly meet these requirements and assist microservice owners in onboarding these solutions.
• Evangelize broad and structural changes to engineering practices by working with internal engineers and living their experiences by closely working with them.
• Foster a data-focused culture and rhythm of business to systematically reduce risk.
• Work in a regulated environment and design compliance and security solutions.
• Transform incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into solid plans.
• Make effective, data-driven trade-offs between competing business needs and between quick fixes and full-scale solutions.
• Design easy-to-use solutions for problems with complex constraints.
• Exhibit the ability to work cross-functionally in a global organization with diverse partners in different time zones.
• Embody our Culture & Values.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with architecting and seeing massive scale microservices architecture thru from conception to production.

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:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with best-in-class security protocols for protecting disparate micro services.
• Experience in formulating solutions for large organizations with Safe Change management.

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 Accommodation request form .

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