[Remote] Principal Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Microsoft is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join its Azure Storage team, which develops hyperscale cloud storage systems and infrastructure. The role will define technical direction, lead architectural decisions, develop scalable and secure services, and improve reliability, performance, observability, and operational excellence across distributed storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and support features, experiences and solutions for highly scalable services
• Develop high quality secure and compliant solutions
• Support highly available services used by millions of users on a daily basis
• Provide technical leadership across multiple projects, aligning engineering priorities with business objectives and driving measurable impact through innovation and execution excellence
• Infuse AIOps practices to drive productivity, operational excellence, observability, incident detection, accurate root-cause analysis and mitigation

Skills

• * Bachelor'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 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:
• * Master'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 + OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience
• * 7+ years of experience designing, building and running large scale and highly available Cloud services or distributed systems

Company Overview

Microsoft provides computer software, consumer electronics, cloud computing platforms, and digital enterprise systems. It was founded in 1975, and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.microsoft.com.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2855 in 2026, 9192 in 2025, 9343 in 2024, 7677 in 2023, 11403 in 2022, 7210 in 2021, 7852 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.