Principal Software Engineer

Are you passionate about client and service telemetry and observability for global services? Office 365 is the locomotive that is driving the growing Microsoft valuation, and critical to the future of Microsoft.  OneDrive and SharePoint (ODSP) are the set of intelligent, high value services and compliant environment that is enabling the next generation of transformative end-user experiences for Office and the entire company. The ODSP team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer to design and build a core part of the observability ecosystem that is critical to how we deliver world-class reliability for our customers, safely and in compliance with global regulations and policies.

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

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

The service is globally distributed, highly available and resilient, and has very high demands for a robust observability ecosystem that is compliant with geo-regional policies and regulations.  

In this role, you will analyze, design, and implement improvements to how the service generates and processes telemetry, how those telemetry are stored, managed and accessed and how such access policies adhere to various geo-regional policies and regulations while still being easy to use by our engineering teams.  Key goals are to improve performance and security, reduce Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), and drive those changes across multiple products in both ODSP and Microsoft.  

The ideal candidate will have analytical, design, and development skills with depth in telemetry ecosystems, databases, storage, high performance data structures, and algorithms and a passion for observability.  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with telemetry and observability standards such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Parquet,  Loki or Microsoft Observability platforms such as Azure Monitor.  
• 5+ years of experience with distributed systems, performance analysis, databases, and/or large-scale data processing. 

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:

• 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of Azure services and observability systems.
• Experience with data science, ana