Principal Software Engineer – COSMIC Platform (Noida)
Microsoft · Noida
| Company | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Role | Principal Software Engineer – COSMIC Platform (Noida) |
| Location | Noida |
| Work mode | On-site |
| Experience | 6+ years |
| Job type | Full-time |
About this job
Microsoft is hiring a Principal Software Engineer in Noida for the COSMIC team in M365 Core IDC. COSMIC is Microsoft's managed container platform that runs thousands of Microsoft 365 services, including M365 Copilot.
You will set technical strategy and architecture for hyperscale platform and deployment systems, lead large infrastructure investments and push deployment speed, safety and reliability. The team is moving towards AI-first, agent-driven ways of building and running cloud services. It is onsite.
Eligibility
- Bachelor's degree in CS or related field and 6+ years of engineering with coding
- Or equivalent experience; 12+ years is preferred
- Experience building and running highly available distributed systems
- Strong design, coding and debugging skills
- Able to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check
Skills required
What you will do
- Drive architecture and execution for hyperscale deployment systems
- Lead the design and delivery of large infrastructure investments
- Build secure, reliable and maintainable distributed systems
- Raise operational excellence with automation and observability
- Mentor engineers and influence direction across teams
How to apply
- Open the official Microsoft job page with the Apply button and submit your application there.
- Tailor your resume to platform or infrastructure systems you led at large scale and the reliability gains you made.
Before the interview, prepare:
- Safe deployment: rings, canaries, health signals and automatic rollback
- Container platforms: scheduling, multi-tenancy and capacity planning
- Distributed systems design: failure handling and consistency
- Leadership: a technical decision you drove across several teams
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