Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage Redmond, WA

Principal Software Engineer – Azure Storage at Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA.

Are you ready to shape the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI)‑scale storage solutions? Join the Azure Storage Organization, where you will drive innovation and solve technical challenges at massive scale. This team powers mission‑critical storage systems, ensuring performance, scalability and reliability for AI‑driven workloads.

You’ll collaborate with brilliant minds to deliver next‑generation systems that push the boundaries of what’s possible in distributed storage and cloud technologies. As a Principal Software Engineer – Azure Storage, you will drive enhancements for our storage control plane, ensuring it can meet the demands of exponential AI‑scale workloads, tackle system bottlenecks, optimize performance and enhance scalability, working closely with engineers, managers and program managers to deliver innovative solutions.

This opportunity will allow you to grow your expertise in distributed systems and Azure Storage, sharpen your technical skills and contribute to cutting‑edge solutions that power AI applications.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

• Partner with stakeholders to determine requirements for scalable, reliable and high‑performance storage solutions.
• Lead the design and implementation of enhancements to optimize the storage control plane for AI‑scale workloads.
• Identify and address bottlenecks in system performance and scalability while driving improvements across the platform.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to ensure system availability, performance and fault tolerance, including participation in on‑call rotations.
• Leverage subject matter expertise in Azure Storage and distributed systems to influence technical decisions and product roadmaps.

• 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# or Java OR equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with Storage products and cloud‑native architectures.
• 5+ years of experience in software development with a focus on large distributed systems.

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements. These include the Microsoft Cloud Background Check: required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C# or Java OR equivalent experience.
• 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# or Java OR equivalent experience.

Software Engineering IC5 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications and process offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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