Principal Software Architect

About the position

If you're passionate about building cutting-edge solutions that empower teamwork and communication, we want to hear from you! Microsoft Teams is the central hub for teamwork, bringing together people, content, and tools to enhance team engagement and effectiveness. It plays a pivotal role in Microsoft's vision for modern work, modern life, and modern education. We are revolutionizing how people communicate and collaborate across the globe. We are seeking a Principal Software Architect (Individual Contributor) for the Microsoft Teams Core Messaging group. This person will collaborate with a multi-functional group to deliver next generation innovations and partner with product and engineering teams to invent and deliver on the future for Teams Copilot and Messaging products. 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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate and work across multiple disciplines to deliver innovation.
• Leverage deep subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders to lead multiple product's project plans, release plans, and work items.
• Communicate priorities and tradeoffs to lay out a path for achieving a vision.
• Inspire without authority across teams and motivate individuals to work together towards common goals.
• Lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across the company.
• Provide technical leadership for the identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
• Hold accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
• Proactively seek new knowledge and adapt to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
• Thrive in a bit of chaos and create the structure needed to execute smoothly at scale.

Requirements

• 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.
• 2+ years of experience with modern web technologies (React, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, Redux, MobX, or similar frameworks), front-end performance optimization, and responsive design.
• Experience with integrating front-end applications with backend services (REST, GraphQL, or other APIs).
• Experience with building cloud-scale infrastructure components.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.

Nice-to-haves

• 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 OR equivalent experience.
• Master'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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Problem-solving and analytical skills, with a track record of leading complex software projects.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a remote team environment.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and deliver quality work on schedule.

Benefits

• The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $161,600 - $286,200 per year.
• Base pay range for this role in the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area is USD $209,600 - $314,400 per year.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.