Principal Engineer - Identity Services | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $142,800–$274,800 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Closes: Dec 1, 2026

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer - Identity Services | Microsoft Careers

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As a Principal Software Engineer on the Identity for Services (ID4S) team within Microsoft Entra, you will lead the development and maintenance of high-scale authentication and authorization components across various platforms including .NET, Rust, Java, Golang, Python, and Node.JS. Your day-to-day responsibilities include building and nurturing a high-performing team, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration, and making data-driven decisions to enhance security and operational efficiency. You will work on optimizing resource utilization while ensuring APIs are no-touch and extensible, collecting telemetry for insightful service operation. This role demands expertise in secure software systems, authentication, and performance optimization, as well as the ability to operate effectively across multiple teams within Microsoft.

Skills

Python Go Rust Java Node.js .NET Kubernetes Docker CI/CD GitHub Azure PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis OAuth OpenID Connect API Management Telemetry AWS Grafana Prometheus

What you'll do

Build and nurture a high-performing team to develop security solutions.
Develop and maintain authentication and authorization components across multiple platforms.
Ensure seamless integration of security solutions with existing systems and services.
Participate in code reviews and design discussions to improve the solution.
Collect and analyze telemetry data for operational insights and service optimization.

What we're looking for

6+ years of experience in designing and building client applications using .NET.
3+ years of experience in developing secure software systems with expertise in authentication and secure coding practices.
Proven ability to collaborate effectively across multiple teams and organizations.
Experience programming for both services and clients, each for at least 2 years.
Strong skills in making data-driven decisions through quantitative and qualitative analysis.

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Principal Software Engineer | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

US 136 days ago $139,900–$274,800

Python Java Kubernetes AWS Azure CI/CD MLOps Apache Spark Flink Docker Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Scalability High-Availability Multi-Agent Systems Reinforcement Learning

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