Principal Software Engineer

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.

Are you an accomplished engineer with a proven track record in leading high-scale engineering teams and tackling critical security challenges in today's digital world? Microsoft Security is seeking a dynamic Principal Software Engineer to lead a key subsystem in a groundbreaking project to develop a scalable, high-performance data platform for security data. In this role, you will drive the technical strategy and feature development end-to-end, managing a talented team of engineers while collaborating with multiple partner teams to achieve exceptional results. Within Microsoft Security Platform, our mission is to create a safer digital world by developing an end-to-end security cloud that simplifies and strengthens our customers' security postures. In an era of increasing threats, regulatory demands, and complex digital estates, organizations need robust solutions to manage and secure vast amounts of data across on-premises, multi-cloud, and SaaS environments. We are building an exabyte-scale data platform to help enterprises: Inventory and map their entire digital estate: From devices and users to permissions, data systems, and virtual machines, we enable organizations to discover and gain visibility into every asset. Integrate and normalize data: By pre-integrating security data from various sources and standardizing it, we empower customers to manage security logs more efficiently and affordably. Answer critical security and governance questions: We provide insights and control over security landscapes, leveraging advanced AI and machine learning algorithms to detect patterns, uncover threats, and make informed decisions in real-time. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of a critical subsystem within this high-scale data platform. You will manage and mentor a team of engineers, drive technical strategy, and work closely with product management, security experts, and other engineering teams to ensure alignment of requirements and successful delivery. Your role will encompass both technical and managerial responsibilities, ensuring your team's work meets the highest standards of scalability, security, and performance.

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Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
• Experience working with high-scale distributed systems and data platforms.
• Knowledge of data processing frameworks such as Spark, Hadoop, or similar technologies.
• Expertise in cloud-native architecture, microservices, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex feature development from concept to production, including collaborating with multiple partner teams and driving consensus.

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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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 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 equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in building large-scale, distributed software systems, with a focus on highly scalable platforms.
• Experience with security data management, logging, or monitoring solutions.
• Strong leadership skills with experience driving technical projects across teams and ensuring alignment.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to influence and align multiple stakeholders.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 31, 2024

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. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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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Responsibilities

• Own and lead the design, implementation, and delivery of a critical subsystem within a high-scale, exabyte-scale security data platform.
• Drive consensus across multiple partner teams, ensuring alignment on technical decisions and project goals.
• Collaborate closely with product management, security experts, data scientists, and other engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Lead end-to-end development of features, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Mentor and guide senior and engineers, driving technical excellence and ensuring best practices across the team.
• Optimize subsystem performance to handle vast amounts of security data, ensuring scalability, availability, and security.
• Drive continuous improvement by adopting new technologies and methodologies to enhance the platform's capabilities.
• Other:
  • Embody our culture and values