About this role

Overview <div>Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. </div><div>Within Microsoft Fabric, the Platform team builds and operates the unified foundation that brings together all Fabric workloads into a single, cohesive experience. The platform provides shared infrastructure, governance, security, and a unified data model that enables customers to manage their entire data estate in one place. This team is central to delivering Fabric as a complete, end-to-end intelligence platform. </div><div>The Fabric Platform Shell team is dedicated to creating a unified and extensible data development environment on the web. Our mission is to build a simple yet fully functional developer environment that attracts and retains developers, ensuring that more solutions are built on Fabric and more consumers use it. We aim to provide a web experience that is easy to understand and navigate, enabling first-party and third-party workloads to onboard seamlessly. The Fabric Platform Shell team is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to provide technical leadership across key areas of the Microsoft Fabric platform experience. This role combines hands-on engineering with ownership of architecture, technical strategy, and execution for large-scale initiatives spanning multiple teams and geographies. The Principal Software Engineer will mentor engineers, influence technical direction across partner teams, and help shape the future of Fabric's shared platform experiences. </div><div>We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served. </div> Responsibilities <div>Design and build high-quality experiences for the Microsoft Fabric Platform in browser environments. Lead architecture, technical design, and implementation of complex full-stack and platform investments. Drive execution across multiple teams and partner organizations to deliver customer and business outcomes. Collaborate closely with UX designers, product managers, program managers, and engineers throughout the product development lifecycle. Provide technical leadership through engineering guidance, mentoring, design reviews, and hands-on development. Contribute high-quality code and help establish technical direction, engineering excellence, reliability, and maintainability across the platform. Lead the design and implementation of AI-assisted and agentic development capabilities that improve developer productivity </div><div>Embody our <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">culture</a> and <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">values</a> </div> Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications 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. Additional or preferred qualifications 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 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. Job Requirements: Other & Additional 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/Additional Qualifications Experience leading the architecture and delivery of large-scale web applications, cloud services, or platform capabilities. Experience serving as a technical lead, mentoring engineers, and influencing technical direction across teams. Experience building modern full-stack solutions using web technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and cloud services. Experience driving complex initiatives across multiple teams and delivering results in highly collaborative environments. Interest in AI-assisted and agentic development experiences, developer productivity, or intelligent platform capabilities. Experience building developer platforms, SaaS products, data platforms, analytics systems, or other large-scale enterprise software is a plus. Equal Opportunity Employer (EOP) Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form (Accessibility | Microsoft Careers). Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. #azdat #azuredata #microsoftfabric This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. <hr> 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. 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