Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

India, Karnataka, Bangalore
Level
Principal
Work type
On-site · Karnataka

Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.

Open. First seen 2 November 2026.

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About the role

Overview Are you passionate about architecting, building, and maintaining next-generation platforms for real-time data delivery that power Microsoft’s multi-billion-dollar advertising business? On our team, you’ll design and evolve complex systems, apply AI and next-gen…

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What this role asks for

Particular to this role

CI/CD · Git · Hadoop · Kafka · Machine Learning · Microservices · 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 331 open in Software Engineering. 193 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++ (298 of 331), Python (297 of 331), C# (294 of 331), C (280 of 331), Java (280 of 331), JavaScript (264 of 331), Azure (190 of 331)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Microsoft's own job board.

Posting history

Reposted 2 times since 26 October 2026: a posting for this role in India, Karnataka, Bangalore was taken down and the role was posted again.

Salary context

79 other open postings titled Principal Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 160,000 to USD 274,800 a year.

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