Principal Software Engineer
Content + Source + Freshness • 14 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value owing to the growing importance of cloud computing, competitive salary, and remote work flexibility.
- Flexible remote work opportunities
- Engagement in critical Azure cloud technologies
- Competitive salary expected at a principal level
Pros
- Flexible remote work environment
- Engagement in high-scale distributed systems
- Competitive salary range not specified but assumed high due to level
Cons
- Role may involve high responsibility without clear salary benchmarks
- Working on critical infrastructure can be stressful
- May require knowledge of complex dependencies and design documents
Who it's for
Principal • Fully remote
Good fit
- Experienced cloud engineers
- Professionals focused on distributed system projects
- Candidates seeking flexible, remote work
Not recommended for
- Entry-level candidates without cloud experience
- Those preferring roles with strict in-office requirements
- Individuals uncomfortable with high levels of responsibility
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Principal Software Engineer - Azure Capacity Team
Multiple Locations, Serbia
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Overview
Azure is the fastest-growing business in Microsoft’s history and is the foundation of Microsoft’s commercial Cloud Services. We are a part of the Azure Core team that builds and manages the core platform across various services. We have an exciting opportunity for you to innovate and shape the world’s computers, and we encourage you to apply and learn more!
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a thought leader responsible for delivering the next generation of our cloud capacity management technologies, a critical investment area for Microsoft Azure. Your work will be relied upon by millions of customers globally and you will have learning opportunities and challenges around high-scale distributed systems.
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. In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field AND technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- Software industry experience.
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.
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Responsibilities
- Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios.
- Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
- Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
- Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items.
- Holds 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 seeks new knowledge and adapts 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 and shares knowledge with other engineers.
