Principal Software Engineer--Web data platform Job at Microsoft Corporation (Beijing)

Principal Software Engineer--Web data platform

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
China , Beijing

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

We are looking for a highly motivated and experienced platform engineer to join the Web Data Platform Engineering Team, responsible for some of Bing’s most critical data processing systems and pipelines. These systems and pipelines form the backbone of Bing’s web understanding stack, powering content extraction, enrichment, and understanding at massive Internet scale. In this role, you will design, build, and evolve large-scale distributed systems that process billions of documents per day with low latency and high reliability. You will work with both in‑house frameworks and open-source technologies to build next‑generation data processing platforms that enable downstream services—such as indexing, ranking, and AI-driven experiences—to deeply understand the web.

Job Responsibility:

Design and architect large‑scale distributed pipelines to ensure scalability, robustness, performance, and cost efficiency
Implement new features and system improvements in highly distributed, parallelized environments, using data to measure and validate impact
Develop and maintain comprehensive test coverage, including unit, integration, and performance tests, ensuring production-grade reliability
Debug, triage, and mitigate issues in live production environments handling massive data flows
Continuously improve the system architecture, proposing and driving enhancements based on industry best practices and emerging technologies
Collaborate cross‑functionally with engineers, PMs, and partner teams to align technical execution with business and product objectives
Contribute to engineering excellence, operational rigor, and incident‑free execution for mission‑critical pipelines that support Bing’s web data ecosystem

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
Solid foundation in distributed systems, concurrency, networking, and system design
Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem‑solving skills
Fluency in English (spoken and written)

Nice to have:

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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 29, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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