Come join the PowerPoint team as we deliver modern, intelligent and collaborative experiences that will delight millions of PowerPoint customers. We are looking to hire a Principal Software Engineer.

We are located in the heart of Silicon Valley in Mountain View, CA. The PowerPoint team has the responsibility for the design, implementation, and validation of the PowerPoint ecosystem of products and services, which includes our desktop clients and large-scale cloud services. Our mature development and engineering systems allow us to innovate at an extremely fast pace to transform the landscape of presentation software – be it our Copilot offerings or PowerPoint Live.

Our products and portfolio are rapidly expanding, and we are excited to meet the challenges of scale, performance, efficiency, and reliability as we build the world's best storytelling software.

This is a hybrid work opportunity supporting 50% on-site work at the Mountain View campus, and 50% remote.

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.

**Responsibilities**

+ From fast evolving new features to long-term architecture investments, you will be responsible for shipping robust, performant, reliable and delightful experiences to millions of customers.

+ Team members collaborate on every detail of design, implementation, validation and monitoring of feature usage and health across PowerPoint desktop clients and backend services.

+ You will get a chance to enrich the core of PowerPoint, which is powered by our native C++ codebase, making product changes that allow us to stay in lockstep with the changing needs of our customers.

+ You will have the opportunity to advance engineering excellence by driving design discussions, contributing to code reviews and participating in knowledge sharing sessions.

**Qualifications**

**Required Qualification:**

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding using C++ OR C#.

+ OR equivalent experience

+ 4+ years experience in service architecture in cloud services at internet scale.

**Preferred Qualification:**

+ 10+ years of software development in cloud services at internet scale

+ Full understanding of all aspects of the software development process

+ Ability to drive initiativesacross multiple service teams and across disciplines

+ Experience translating business and legal requirements to precise technical requirements is a plus

+ Proficiency in system architecture & design, data analysis and problem solving

+ Organization and demonstrated ability to lead cross team efforts

+ Customer osessed and inclined towards product quality, and service excellence

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 - $256,800 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 $173,200 - $282,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .