Principal Software Engineer

We are the Maps Location Search team - a Microsoft team that drives the future of Maps across a wide majority of Microsoft services. Our mission is to bring high quality Location Search capabilities for people and businesses around the world, and we power the Bing Maps APIs offered to 3rd party developers. We are hiring a Principal Software Engineer who is passionate and highly motivated to work on researching, driving, and solving deep technical problems in the area of Autosuggest and Geocoding. If you are eager to take on a challenge, Maps Location Search is the place for you!

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.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain efficient and scalable algorithms for Autosuggest and Geocoding.
• Apply engineering techniques and machine learning solutions to solve complex geospatial suggestion and location search problems in production. 
• Work on core technology and engineering stack to deliver premium maps quality and suggestion experiences internationally. 
• Experiment with new technologies such as LLM, to improve quality, efficiency of location search services. 
• Contribute to roadmap creation and execution
• Research and evaluate new technologies and techniques for improving geospatial suggestions such as place, address or business.
• Work effectively with cross functional partners and stakeholders to set and achieve shared goals.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical discipline field. 
• Technical engineering experience and proficiency in one or more programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript and Python. 
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience in leading projects and software engineers.
• Experience with data structures and optimization techniques for building low-latency, high-throughput service.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and communicate effectively about complex technical concepts. 
• Passion for quality, performance and reliability. 
• Ability to communicate in English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree/Master's Degree or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • OR equivalent experience.

• People management experience.
• Search or autosuggest experience. 
• Experience with maps data and / or geospatial services
• Experience with statistical methods, large data analytics and ML

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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