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Azure Data Manager for Energy, ADME, helps Energy companies gain actionable insights, improve operational efficiency, and accelerate time to market on the enterprise-grade, cloud-based Open Subsurface Data Universe (OSDU®) Platform service. It supports innovation with a flexible, open energy platform that developers can build upon and customize.

ADME engineering team is seeking a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer - Azure Storage to be the Microsoft engineering lead and technical representative in the OSDU community. This individual will contribute to the OSDU code base through a structured open-source development process, ensuring quality, compliance, and interoperability across the platform.

This role requires a deep commitment to open-source software (OSS) principles and a proven track record of contributing to or maintaining OSS projects. Familiarity with the OSDU platform is highly desirable, especially in contexts involving data ingestion, platform architecture, or Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) applications in Energy or industrial domains.

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

+ Influence OSDU technical direction and long-term vision across teams and member organizations by contributing to, maintaining, or initiating projects relevant to ADME mission in OSDU.

+ Actively engage in the OSDU milestone capabilities selection & scoping process. Drive & participate through measurable contributions on behalf of ADME/Microsoft working towards the goal of launching OSDU milestone releases with high quality and backwards compatibility.

+ Lead and mentor engineering teams across multiple energy projects in the OSDU community and support onboarding and development of engineers through mentorship and coaching.

+ Ensure adherence to secure coding practices, vulnerability management, and compliance standards.

+ Engage in the community through active participation in the OSDU community review process.

+ Facilitate design reviews, code walkthroughs, and architecture discussions to ensure alignment and knowledge sharing.

+ Foster a culture of openness, inclusion, and continuous learning within the team and across partner organizations.

+ Act as a technical liaison between engineering, product management, and OSDU engineering community members.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C#, Java, or Python

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ 3+ years of experience contributing to open-source projects (e.g., GitHub profile, published packages, community leadership)

+ 5+ years of experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines

+ 5+ years of experience leading large-scale software projects and mentoring engineers

Other Requirements:

+ Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:  Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

+ OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

+ OR equivalent experience.

+ 1+ year(s) of working knowledge of the OSDU platform, including data ingestion workflows, manifest files, and metadata standards and experience in the Energy or industrial sectors where OSDU is applied

+ 1+ year(s) of familiarity with AI/ML applications in operational environments.

+ 1+ year(s) of experience with big data technologies and analytics platforms; Spark, Elastic Search, Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS)

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay %20 )

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 15, 2025.

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