Senior Principal Software Engineer
About this role
Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer in Redmond, Washington to define and drive the architecture strategy for compliant computation and storage across the Search (Bing) platform. This senior technical leader will shape the long-term technical vision for how Bing processes, stores, governs, and protects data while enabling innovation, AI-powered experiences, and global scale.
The role sits at the intersection of large-scale distributed systems, data governance, and platform engineering, ensuring compliance requirements are embedded into the platform by design. You will drive strategic platform investments to power high-scale search traffic and growth, establish architectural standards for compliant data handling, and drive adoption of next-generation storage and computation frameworks that balance performance, cost, resilience, and regulatory obligations.
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