Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver
Salary
CAD 142,400 - CAD 257,500 per year
Level
Principal
Work type
On-site · British Columbia

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Open. First seen 28 October 2026.

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About the role

Overview Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. Microsoft’s…

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What this role asks for

Particular to this role

HTML · PostgreSQL · Power BI · SQL

Rare in Microsoft's other 299 open postings.

Standard for software engineering roles

Python

Common in software engineering postings at any company.

Compared with Microsoft's other open jobs.

The team: Software Engineering HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 191 open in Software Engineering. 129 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in January: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

C++ (179 of 191), Python (179 of 191), C# (175 of 191), C (170 of 191), Java (170 of 191), JavaScript (161 of 191), Azure (112 of 191)

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