# Principal Data Engineer - XBOX Growth

OverviewXBOX is building a semantic data model that gives each Xbox-wide metric one definition and one owner, so dashboards, scorecards and AI agents give the same answer. We are looking for a Principal Data Engineer who is as comfortable defining a metric as building the pipeline behind it. You will lead the design and build of the model on Databricks, work with business owners to certify definitions, and make the data reliable and well described enough for AI agents to answer questions correctly. The model covers the XBOX business, including Game Pass, player engagement, commerce and experimentation. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with influence across XBOX data, analytics and AI teams. 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. Responsibilities Lead the design and build of the XBOX semantic model: certified metric definitions, dim

- **Id**: 3987998
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-data-engineer-xbox-growth>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Redmond, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T17:08:13Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T22:10:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
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- **Industries**: Gaming Consoles, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, Developer Tools

## Company

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- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
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- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
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- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

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- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 142800
- **Max**: 274800
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 274800

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Databricks** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **A/B Testing** — Optional: yes
- **Copilot** — Optional: yes
- **LLM** — Optional: yes
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: yes
- **Power BI** — Optional: yes
- **Spark** — Optional: yes
- **SQL** — Optional: yes
- **Unity** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T22:10:22Z

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- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T01:33:09Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 274800
- **Is top pay**: yes

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