Principal Software Engineer - Copilot Identity at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

22 Nov, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Identity Strategy, Architecture, Authentication, SSO Patterns, SDKs, Cross-Platform Delivery, Privacy Controls, Compliance, Mentoring, Coding, Session Management, Token Issuance, Service-to-Service Auth, Cross-Device Experiences, Engineering, Collaboration

Industry

Software Development

Description

Identity strategy & architecture: Define the end‑to‑end identity vision for consumer Copilot and MAI, covering user/account models, sign‑in, session management, token issuance/validation, service‑to‑service auth, and cross‑device experiences. Cross‑surface platform leadership: Drive common authentication/SSO patterns and SDKs for Windows, Edge, web, iOS, and Android; ensure seamless UX and consistent security controls across consumer surfaces and modalities. Collaborate with product, engineering, security, privacy, and identity teams across Copilot, MAI and IDNA to drive improvements in authentication, identity, and security. Influence technical direction and best practices across a large, distributed system, ensuring alignment and adoption of key initiatives. Establish, monitor, and continuously improve key authentication metrics across Copilot and MAI. Collaborate with engineering, product, and identity teams to align on a unified ground truth and leverage dashboards for ongoing measurement and root cause analysis Define and document authentication patterns and requirements for AI-powered, agentic flows. Ensure these patterns address novel risks, support secure delegation, and enable safe orchestration of actions across devices and services. Hands‑on engineering: Ship secure, well‑tested, maintainable code and frameworks that other teams can adopt quickly. Product mindset: Balance customer experience with consumer-grade security, privacy, and compliance expectations for Copilot. Work closely with globally distributed teams, managing effective communication, coordination, and project delivery across multiple time zones. Foster strong cross-regional partnerships to drive identity and authentication improvements at scale. Bachelor'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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ 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 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Cross‑platform delivery: Shipped identity flows and SDKs across multiple consumer client platforms (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, web). Governance & lifecycle: Familiarity with consumer identity lifecycle management and privacy controls. Privacy/Compliance: Experience embedding privacy‑by‑design and meeting consumer compliance expectations for Copilot-class workloads. Leadership: Track record mentoring senior engineers and driving adoption of platform standards across many product teams.

Responsibilities

Define the end-to-end identity vision for consumer Copilot and MAI, covering various aspects of identity management. Collaborate with multiple teams to drive improvements in authentication, identity, and security across platforms.