Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 127,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning stipends

Flexible hours

Job summary

Microsoft Corporation in El Paso, TX seeks a Principal Software Engineer to own critical software systems handling real traffic. You’ll work with Go and Terraform, overseeing CI/CD infrastructure and coordinating releases with local and remote teams.

The role emphasizes engineering excellence, rapid learning, and delivering end-to-end features in a full-time setting. Salary ranges from $127,000 to $185,000 per year, with flexible hours and learning stipends as part of the perks, reflecting

Qualifications

• Strong Go programming skills and system design experience.
• Experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code.
• Proficient in CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Clear communicator with ability to learn quickly and adapt.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and shape software engineering that handles real traffic.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across El Paso teams.
• Drive engineering excellence and continuous learning.
• Protect uptime and coordinate releases with stakeholders.
• Collaborate with product and design to ship features end to end.

Skills

Go

Terraform

CI/CD

Software engineering

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Pour Terraform and Go into work that survives contact with real traffic, and you'll fit right in as our Principal Software Engineer in El Paso. This is where 9 years becomes $127,000 - $185,000, where full-time hours meet real technology ownership, and where Microsoft bets on you.

Key Responsibilities

• Watch Go error budgets and pump the brakes before El Paso, TX burns through them
• Maintain and improve CI/CD infrastructure across TX engineering teams
• Champion engineering excellence and continuous learning within Microsoft
• Defend Microsoft uptime through the 2 a.m. El Paso pages nobody volunteers for
• Coordinate releases with stakeholders across El Paso, TX and remote teams
• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end

What You'll Bring

• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal
• Ability to learn new technology systems quickly and apply them effectively
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your technology craft
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter

Microsoft is an El Paso, TX-based company on a problem-solving path to redefine the technology industry. At Microsoft feedback has a short half-life, delivered close to the moment it can still help.

At Microsoft the paycheck opens at $127,000 - $185,000 and the perks, from learning stipends to flexible El Paso, TX hours, only widen from there.

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