Principal Software Engineer - Office at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

17 Apr, 26

Salary

274800.0

Posted On

17 Jan, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Security, Solution Engineering, Communication, Collaboration, DevOps, Software Development, Problem Solving, Mentoring, Agile, Data Structures, Algorithms

Industry

Software Development

Description

Overview Office Suite is continuously evolving, reaching billions of customers that rely on robust and secure software, features, and services. The Threat Protection team builds security capabilities and mitigations to help our customers get and stay protected. We push the boundaries for what is possible in creating solutions that span platforms, clients, servers, and services while ensuring our core security features inside Office products are reliable, performant, and scalable. Do you enjoy working in a collaborative and agile environment where you can apply your technical skills and creativity in the security space to address real world problems? Are you passionate about security and working with other experienced Software Engineers to build complex, scalable solutions across platforms for our Office suite of products and services? If so, the Office Product Group Security Threat Protection team is looking for a Principal Software Engineer. 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 Discovery of Solutions/Identifying Mitigations - Learns of or discovers new security issues within areas of responsibility, including through the Secure Future Initiative; ability to come up to speed on new threats and mitigations without direction; discovers new information to gain context; decomposes work for collaboration; identifies and creates systematic solutions; identifies gaps in existing or new solutions; successfully operates in uncertain, challenging, and novel environments; and leverages expertise to appropriately drive solutions. Solution Engineering - Architects solutions related to specific kinds of security issues; identifies and defines high impact projects and executes cross-company; defines policies, practices, and procedures; weighs business concerns with technical implementation concerns when devising solutions; defines success criteria; prioritizes projects; creates virtual teams to solve problems at scale; and provides review and feedback of implementation. Communication/Influence - Helps to make connections and assist in developing agreements among groups to clarify priorities, dependencies, and provide coordination across groups. Advocates for key issues and mitigations to partners and upper management. Autonomously drives coordination and collaboration across groups. Creates and advocates for broadly applicable solutions. Mentors and coaches peers on new approaches and best practices. Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of scenarios. Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products. Leverages subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive multiple group's project plans, release plans, and work items. Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions. Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers. 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 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 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 6+ years experience designing, implementing, shipping and deploying large-scale solutions, and software development lifecycle. 6+ years of experience in C/C++, C# or similar programming language; including code reviews and code inspection of complex software. Understanding of security vulnerabilities and mitigations across platforms, applications, or services. Demonstrated ability to apply knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles. Experience working with DevOps tools and practices, such as Git, CI/CD, testing, and monitoring. Effective communication, collaboration, ability to deal with ambiguity, and problem-solving skills Motivation to learn and develop new technologies and skills. Customer focus and committed to enhancing engineering efficiency. #OfficeSecurityOPG 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

The Principal Software Engineer will discover new security issues and architect solutions to address them, collaborating across teams to implement high-impact projects. They will also mentor peers and drive the development of systematic solutions to enhance security capabilities.