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Principal Software Engineer - Cloud Native Development
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Nevada, Reno | |
| 6840 Sierra Center Parkway (Show on map) | |
 Aug 03, 2025 | |
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OverviewAre you passionate about system architecture and software development? Do you enjoy improving engineering workflows and enhancing system reliability? If so, the Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Service Hub team may be a great fit for you. We build infrastructure that streamlines development processes, boosts engineering efficiency, and strengthens reliability through standardized, well-designed components. Our team values collaboration, innovation, and supporting one another's success. As a Principal Software Engineer - Cloud Native Development on the AKS team, you'll work across multiple layers of the technology stack-including service frameworks like gRPC(remote procedure call), Kubernetes, and Istio, as well as build, test, provisioning, release, and monitoring systems. You'll design and implement distributed cloud services and libraries with a strong focus on security best practices. This role offers opportunities to lead technical efforts, mentor others, and contribute to high-impact areas of the business while working alongside a diverse and inclusive team that values continuous learning and shared growth. At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We embrace a growth mindset, foster innovation, and collaborate to achieve shared goals. Every day, we build on our values-respect, integrity, and accountability-to create a culture where everyone feels included and can thrive.
ResponsibilitiesDevelop code for creating production quality service, including micro-service creation (e.g., gRPC, REST API), middleware, build, test, resource provisioning, deployment, monitoring, etc.Keep up with the latest tech stacks.Build RAG (retrievel augmented generation), workflow that works well with LLM (large language models). This allows users to easily adopt the best practices and apply changes to existing codeWork with users to help them use our system. Take their feedback and improve.Mentor engineers in terms of code review, design review, helping them debug technical problems, etc. | |