As a principal member of our team, you will lead design and code reviews across feature areas and participate in all stages of our engineering lifecycle (initial research and discovery, quick iteration on promising concepts, solution prototyping and development, deployment and live site support). Developers in the team are expected to wear multiple hats and demonstrate breadth, depth, and leadership. You will work with multiple partner teams and deploy across all Azure regions. This position is for someone who: Passionate about distributed systems and planetary scale services. Enjoys the challenge of designing cloud infrastructure platform components built on Kubernetes, with a strong focus on reliability, security, networking, diagnosability, and global-scale cost efficiency. Looks to drive innovation within a product and become an industry leader. Loves new technological challenges and excels at solving them. Drive end-to-end architecture for large-scale, distributed systems supporting globally deployed services. Excels at identifying bottlenecks and engineering solutions for complex production systems end to end, from ambiguous problem definition and design tradeoffs through execution, launch, monitoring, and operational maturity. Shape safe, reliable use of AI-agentic systems and AI-assisted operations for Kubernetes-based infrastructure at scale. Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field OR equivalent experience and 6+ years of software engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Experience with Kubernetes, containers, cloud-native infrastructure, distributed systems, or large-scale production services. Experience improving reliability, security, observability, networking, or operational excellence for live services. Experience partnering across teams to deliver infrastructure capabilities with clear ownership and supportability. Experience mentoring engineers, leading design reviews, and driving cross-team architectural alignment. azdat azuredata #azdata #azuredata #hyperscale #azuremonitor #kubernetes Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $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.
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