Job Description
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 messaging and real-time analytics team provides comprehensive solutions and a robust platform that enables users to ingest high granularity signals (real-time & observability) and complex data, converting those into a competitive advantage in real-time for both end users and modern applications. We think big. Today, our platform processes millions of events every second utilizing tens of thousands of virtual machines spread across dozens of data centers. As a Principal Software Engineer in the Messaging and Real-Time Analytics team you will help us achieve our mission of enabling no-code users to get intelligent insights and create automated processes to unlock the value hidden in data. We are looking for an experienced Principal Software Engineer with a track record of driving complex, cross-team initiatives in security, infrastructure, and automation. This role demands deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and hands-on leadership to elevate engineering excellence across the organization. You will lead enterprise-wide security initiatives that ensure infrastructure and services meet the highest standards of compliance, privacy, and protection. You will also focus on enhancing system reliability, observability, and development velocity while fostering a culture of accountability, quality, and continuous improvement. As a technical leader, you are expected to guide teams through architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and champion best practices to deliver enterprise-grade solutions at scale. In addition to leading initiatives, you will actively contribute code to centralized projects, ensuring technical depth and direct impact on core systems. We value people, learning, and doing the right thing. We cultivate a high-trust environment with great collaboration and fun. We want people who help shape our vision, help others succeed, and learn constantly. We try new ideas and fail-fast. We use the minimal process needed to deliver great results as a team. We love delighting our customers and aim to deliver an exceptional platform and user experience. 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.
