# Principal Software Engineer

OverviewMicrosoft 365 Substrate is the shared data and intelligence platform behind Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams and Microsoft 365 Copilot. It stores, indexes, secures and serves content for hundreds of millions of users across a global fleet, and it is the foundation on which search, semantic retrieval and AI experiences are built. Every email, file, message and permission change flows through the platform's storage, ingestion and propagation layers before customers can find and use it. We are looking for engineers who want to build and run systems at this scale. In this role you will design, ship and operate core services across the Substrate stack: storage and data-access services, large-scale ingestion and propagation pipelines, search indexing and freshness, and the observability and repair systems that keep customer data correct and current. You will own production quality end to end, from architecture and code to deployment, on-call and continuous improvement. The role is intentionally broad so that solid engineers can grow across the stack, with particular emphasis on Substrate storage. Engineers who bring deep storage and data-systems expertise will find significa

- **Id**: 3954347
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-software-engineer-96>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Beijing, China, Suzhou, China
- **Countries**: CN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T14:41:28Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T11:38:33Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
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- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 438
- **Ghost share**: 0.007
- **Stale share**: 0.594
- **Repost share**: 0.039
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Technologies

- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Copilot** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **OneDrive** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SharePoint** — Optional: no
- **.NET** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **Azure Cosmos DB** — Optional: yes
- **Go** — Optional: yes
- **Rust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T06:51:40Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T14:45:07Z

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