Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft is creating a world-class container management and orchestration service for the cloud and beyond through its Azure Kubernetes Service team. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to advance Kubernetes capabilities, improve service quality, and integrate AI tools into workflows.

Responsibilities:

• Advance the capabilities of Kubernetes and auxiliary components on Azure
• Improve quality of service for Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service
• Accelerate development velocity for all engineers
• Balance pragmatism with vision; deliver continuous improvements to the team’s process and codebase
• Build automation to prevent and/or remediate service problems from becoming production incidents
• Leverage and integrate AI tools into workflow

Requirements:

• 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
• 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
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• At least 8 years of experience in commercial software development
• Experience in building, shipping and operating reliable, distributed solutions
• Experience with containers and Kubernetes
• Experience in the following: Golang, Linux, GitHub Copilot or other AI agent in design and implementation workflow
• Ability to engage in site-reliability engineering practices