About the Role

Principal Software Engineer role at Microsoft's Commerce & Ecosystem division, focusing on designing and modernizing secure, compliant, and high-performance services for commerce and financial platforms. Key responsibilities include using AI to accelerate development, improve reliability, and drive scalable solutions across teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Use AI technologies to streamline development workflows and enhance system scalability
• Lead design and implementation of scalable, secure software systems for financial and commerce operations
• Partner across teams to align engineering efforts with business and compliance goals
• Drive development practices prioritizing clear code, observability, and automated testing
• Mentor engineers and foster a team culture valuing technical rigor and continuous improvement

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
• 1+ years of experience using AI to build and maintain software systems
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
• Experience with middle tier/backend technologies such as C#, .NET, SQL/NoSQL DBs, web services, REST APIs, JSON, XML

Nice to Have:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience OR Bachelor's Degree AND 12+ years experience
• 10+ years of software development experience
• 3+ years leading and mentoring a team of software engineers
• Deep understanding of OO-design and software design patterns
• Experience developing software solutions on Azure or other cloud platform
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams

Benefits & Perks

• Industry leading healthcare