[Hiring] Principal Architect @Microsoft

Role Description

Every purchase, subscription, renewal, and payment Microsoft makes possible runs through Commerce Engineering. The systems this organization builds carry enormous transaction volume for customers, partners, and sellers across every Microsoft business, and the architectural choices made here shape how quickly the company can bring new offers and business models to market.

As a Principal Architect in Commerce Engineering, you will own the overall system architecture for deeply complex and often ambiguous commerce products, exploring design options, making the call on which direction is best, and ensuring the result meets performance, scalability, resiliency, disaster recovery, and cost expectations. You will:

• Partner with engineering leaders, technical program managers, and product managers across teams to align dependencies and delivery.
• Stay hands-on, writing and reviewing code and leading by example on engineering quality, security, and live-site excellence.
• Shape architecture at enterprise scale, deepen your commerce and business acumen, and grow the technical depth of engineers across the organization.

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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.

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.

Benefits

• Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $165,600 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 per year.
• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here .