Principal Software Engineer

Overview

Are you passionate aboutclient andservice telemetry and observability for global services?Office 365 is the locomotive that is driving the growing Microsoft valuation, andcriticalto the future of Microsoft. OneDrive and SharePoint (ODSP) are the set of intelligent, high value services andcompliantenvironment thatis enablingthe next generation of transformative end-user experiences for Office and the entire company. The ODSP team has an opportunity for yougetin on designing and building a core part of theobservability ecosystem that is critical to how we deliver world-class reliability for our customers, safely and in compliance with global regulations and policies.

This position is for an Individual Contributor (IC) on the ODSPObservabilityEngineering team to develop new service features forthe management and usage of telemetry generated by our services and clients.

The service isglobally distributed,highly availableand resilient, and hasvery highdemands for a robust observability ecosystem that is compliant withgeo-regional policies and regulations.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

- Collaborate with partner teams to meet the engineering goals in a unified manner.
- Proficiencyin C# or C/C++, andstrong design, implementation, and debugging skills; knowledge of scripting languages a plus.
- Deep experience with telemetry and observability standards such asOpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Parquet, Loki, or the Microsoft Observability platform.
- Experience with distributed systems, performance analysis, databases, and/or large-scale data processing.
- Strong communicationskills (both written and oral).
- Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently.

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:

- Knowledge of Azure servicesand observabilitysystems a plus.
- Experience withdata science,analyticsand ontologya plus.
- Experience with building cloud-scale infrastructure components.
- Awareness, passion, and experience related to cloud scale distributed design and patterns.
- Familiar with secure software design concepts.
- Proventrack recordof delivering projects that include multiple components.

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Responsibilities

- Analyze, design, and implement improvements tohow the service generates and processes telemetry, howthosetelemetryarestored,managedand accessed and how such access policies adhere to various geo-regional policies and regulations while still being easy to use by our engineering teams.
- Improve performance and security, reduce Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), and drive those changes across multiple products in both ODSP and Microsoft.
- Have strong analytical, design, and development skills with depth in telemetry ecosystems, databases, storage, high performance data structures, and algorithms and a passion for observability.
- Have a strong development background, excellent communication skills, and a strong foundation in Computer Science.
- Influence without authority is key to success.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Industry leading healthcare

Educational resources

Discounts on products and services

Savings and investments

Maternity and paternity leave

Generous time away

Giving programs

Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations .

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