Are you ready to revolutionize how users collaborate and work with their colleagues and connect with their customers? Calling, Meetings and Devices (CMD) team has a vision to establish a trusted platform that enables productive and healthy enterprises in a world of digital and remote everything, constantly changing work patterns and norms, and the need for organizational resiliency. We aim to solve our customers’ end-to-end collaboration problems by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance Teams to address specific collaboration scenarios, and help organizations improve individual and team productivity.  We are the team which is focused on bringing in the next set of users to Teams by improving the meeting lifecycle and enabling seamless collaboration with external users. Our target customers range from Large Enterprises to small & medium businesses. A lot of the functionality we build is surfaced in Teams, Outlook and Copilot. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer, who has demonstrated the ability to work across team and organization boundaries to debug and solve complex problems. Our culture is inclusive, casual; our team members come from diverse backgrounds and are grounded in our customers’ needs. Our team has a keen sense of accountability and provides its members with many opportunities for learning and career growth. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone who is an established leader in the field of building client technologies and willing to go deeper into their area of interest. 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** In the role of Principal Software Engineer, you will collaborate with your counterparts in Engineering and other disciplines to help shape a successful product definition. You will be responsible for the architecture, design, implementation, validation, and deployment of your features to production, ensuring appropriate monitoring of your components. You will have the opportunity to solve problems of enterprise level scale, performance, operational costs, and compliance, leveraging the bleeding edge of technologies like conversational AI. You will provide leadership and guidance in shaping the architecture and implementation of functionality across the broader organization, helping the team achieve its Objectives and Key Results. **Qualifications** **Required Qualifications:** + Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR equivalent experience. + 5+ years’ experience building modern UI components.  **Other Requirements:** Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: + **Microsoft Cloud Background Check:** This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. **Preferred Qualifications:** + The ability to work on cross team/org projects.  + The ability to learn modern technologies and getting things running on them.  + Experience with problem solving and debugging skills.  + Experience in building conversational AI agents. + Knowledge/experience with frameworks like React\GraphQL.  + Experience with agile project management methodologies.  Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $180,400 - $294,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay. (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/us-corporate-pay.html) Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 21, 2025. \#NSBE2025 #MSFTNSBE25 Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .