Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

20 Mar, 26

Salary

274800.0

Posted On

20 Dec, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Development, Distributed Systems, Security, C#, Java, C++, Cloud Services, Authentication, System Design, Data Driven Approach, Debugging, Technical Documentation, Collaboration, Mentoring, Modularization, Reliability

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world. The Identity and Network Access engineering team builds and manages Microsoft’s authentication services for all Microsoft’s Cloud -- Azure, Microsoft 365, Xbox, Dynamics, etc. We are the Core Authentication team, and we are building and running the authentication service behind Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) which includes capabilities such as Managed Identities for Azure and a full-fledged backup authentication service covering a broad range of scenarios. Our engineering employees have technical experience, customer insights, and a clear point of view that comes from first-hand, very large-scale experience. 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. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who can join us to drive the evolution of the Managed Identities to meet the scale demands of tomorrow. You will have the opportunity to design and develop the next generation of Managed Identities for Azure with orders of magnitude more scale and interoperability, while meeting the feature-richness of first-party platforms like Azure. You will also have the opportunity to design changes to the Microsoft Entra ID Core Authentication Service as it provides the authentication platform for Managed Identities. You will develop software and services at scale, innovating on the latest technologies as the earliest adopters while mentoring other team members. Responsibilities Design and develop large scale distributed software services and solutions, optimizing for scale, resilience, and security System design across multiple components, code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions. Develop “best-in-class” engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable. Consider testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, maintainability, and understand when code is ready to be shared and delivered. Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach. Proactively identify, prioritize, and address issues in livesite, championing security and quality in all aspects of our product. Qualifications Required/minimum 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Other Requirements Candidates must be able 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 Additional or 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 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 8+ years demonstrated experience in designing and developing large scale distributed systems and services. Proficient design and programming skills in C#, Java, or C++ with solid engineering practices. Demonstrated technical aptitude and a passion for quality, competent debugging skills, experience designing and implementing automated tooling\processes Proficient communication skills, including the ability to write concise and accurate technical documentation, communicate technical ideas to non-technical audiences, and to lead development teams. 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 This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Responsibilities

Design and develop large scale distributed software services, optimizing for scale, resilience, and security. Proactively identify and address issues while championing security and quality in all aspects of the product.