New 
Principal Software Engineer - Azure Office of the CTO
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Aug 22, 2025 | |
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OverviewIf you're excited about innovation and exploration in an environment that supports and encourages experimentation, check out our team for an exciting open-source role! We are the Azure Incubations Team within the Azure Office of the CTO, responsible for identifying new product ideas, incubating them, and creating an open-source community around successful projects before handing them off to Azure's service teams. Our goal is to develop disruptive opportunities that drive value to the Azure business, working closely with the open-source community. To empower innovation, we've created a psychologically safe environment for experimentation. When we find promising ideas, we build them into fully functional products. If you're energized by this type of work, this Principal Software Engineer - Azure office of the CTO, role could be a great fit for you. The Incubations team focuses on projects with high levels of ambiguity. We seek an engineer whos excel in navigating uncertainty, crafting innovative solutions, and shaping early-stage technology architecture. We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer who can effectively communicate strategy to a wide range of audiences-from users and contributors to internal and external partners-with varying technical depth. This position sits within the Project Radiuus (a CNCF (cloud native computing foundation) Open Source project) team delivering an open-source, cloud-native application platform that allows developers and operators to define, deploy and collaborate across public clouds and private infrastructure. We value work-life balance, continuous learning, and collaboration. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work across product teams and engage with and influence our open-source community while delivering critical features to our partners. As we finalize the last set of features, you'll have the unique opportunity to join the team at a pivotal moment-right before our project transitions into a dedicated Azure product team. This means you'll help shape and launch a transformative, high-impact service from its inception, influencing Azure's future direction and making a lasting mark on the cloud ecosystem. 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.
ResponsibilitiesDeliver the next-generation open-source cloud-native deployment framework.Establish engineering processes and drive technology decisions to create a performant, resilient, and secure product for the open-source community.Demonstrate a deep understanding of the impact of architectural choices.Collaborate with internal partner teams to integrate new technologies across services.Lead cross-group efforts, provide community and industry leadership, and help define strategic direction.Foster open-source community engagement and contribution.Mentor team members and support their professional development.Implement continuous feedback loops to measure customer value and usage insights. | |