New 
Principal Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Nov 02, 2025 | |
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OverviewMicrosoft 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. Within Azure Data, the databases team builds and maintains Microsoft's operational Database systems. We store and manage data in a structured way to enable multitude of applications across various industries. We are on a journey to enable developer friendly, mission-critical, AI enabled operational Databases across relational, non-relational and OSS offerings. The Azure CosmosDB for MongoDB team is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to lead the control plane engineering for one of the fastest-growing services in the Azure Databases portfolio. This team is responsible for the foundation that powers the managed service experience - including provisioning, configuration, lifecycle management, scaling, automation, and service health. This team builds the systems that enable millions of database accounts to be created, updated, and operated securely and reliably across the global Azure footprint. The role is unique in that it sits at the intersection of distributed systems engineering, cloud platform orchestration, and customer-facing service delivery. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will set the technical direction for the control plane, lead engineers through complex architectural initiatives, and drive innovations that increase scalability, reliability, and velocity of feature delivery for our NoSQL database service. 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. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We foster a culture of inclusion, growth, and innovation, built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability. If you're passionate about driving meaningful impact, solving complex problems, and contributing to a growing organization, we would love to hear from you.
ResponsibilitiesLead the technical direction, design, and delivery of control-plane systems that enable DocumentDB managed service to scale reliably across the global Azure platform.Drive architecture and engineering decisions that improve service automation, resiliency, and operational efficiency for provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.Partner closely with product, infrastructure, and reliability engineering teams to evolve the managed-service experience and deliver features that enhance customer value.Guide and mentor engineers through complex distributed systems challenges, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning.Anticipate future platform needs and contribute to long-term engineering strategy that supports Azure's growth in the cloud database space.Collaborate across Azure Databases (CosmosDB, SQL, PostgreSQL, and others) to share patterns, align platform capabilities, and strengthen our ecosystem of managed data services.Embody our culture and values. | |