# Principal Software Engineer - Engineering Systems

OverviewAt Microsoft, we are building the next generation of intelligent communication and collaboration experiences that power Microsoft Teams, Azure Communication Services, and other Microsoft 365 products used by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Behind these experiences is a complex engineering ecosystem where thousands of developers build, test, deploy, and operate services at massive scale. The IC3 Engineering Systems & Services (ESS) team is at the heart of this ecosystem. Our mission is to make software engineering faster, simpler, and more reliable. We build platforms, infrastructure, and tools that improve developer productivity across the entire software development lifecycle, from building and testing code to production validation, diagnostics, and troubleshooting. Our work spans large-scale cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, developer experience, and increasingly, AI-powered engineering. We are rethinking how software is developed, using automation, intelligent tooling, and AI agents to remove friction and enable engineers to focus on what matters most. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who is passionate about solving complex engineering

- **Id**: 4217831
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-software-engineer-engineering-systems>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Estonia, Czech Republic
- **Countries**: EE, CZ
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T15:45:27Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T03:22:27Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 2
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7215
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning
- **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**: 521
- **Ghost share**: 0.01
- **Stale share**: 0.568
- **Repost share**: 0.05
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 30
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 70600
- **Max**: 129200
- **Currency**: EUR
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 142846

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Microsoft Teams** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Agentic Workflows** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 2

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

- **Czech Republic** — Iso: CZ; Kind: country
- **Estonia** — Iso: EE; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T03:22:27Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 2
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T04:53:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 142846
- **Is top pay**: no

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