Principal Software Engineer

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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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND extensive technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with data structures and optimization techniques for building low-latency, high-throughput service.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and communicate effectively about complex technical concepts.
• Experience with architecting large system and seeing them to production.
• Passion for quality, performance and reliability.
• Ability to communicate in English.

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:

• Search or autosuggest experience.
• Experience with maps data and / or geospatial services.
• Experience with statistical methods, analysis and data mining for quantitative analysis.
• Demonstrated knowledge of architectural patterns for large, high-scale applications.

• Design, develop and maintain efficient and scalable algorithms for Autosuggest and Geocoding.
• Apply engineering techniques and machine learning solutions to solve complex geospatial suggestion and location search problems in production.
• Work on core technology and engineering stack to deliver premium maps quality and suggestion experiences internationally.
• Experiment with new technologies such as LLM, to improve quality, efficiency of location search services.
• Lead and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Research and evaluate new technologies and techniques for improving geospatial suggestions such as place, address or business.
• Work effectively with cross functional partners and stakeholders to set and achieve shared goals.