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About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing
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Listed pay typically runs
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As a Principal Software Engineer on the Microsoft Security Purview Team, you will design, build, and operate high-throughput, multi-tenant Tier 0 services. You will be responsible for shaping the architecture and technical direction of secure, scalable, and reliable systems while managing complex distributed systems challenges. Your daily work involves writing well-factored code, leading design reviews, conducting live-site investigations, and establishing engineering patterns to improve service health and operational efficiency. You will apply an AI-first approach to develop intelligent experiences and optimize software development and monitoring processes. The role requires proficiency in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in containerization, microservices, and orchestration technologies like Kubernetes. You will solve critical problems regarding scalability, reliability, security, performance, and cost for high-stakes data protection services.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196500 from 2013 postings across 147 companies.
Architect and deliver high-throughput, multi-tenant Tier 0 services while balancing scalability, reliability, security, and performance.
Define technical direction for complex distributed systems by anticipating failure modes and capacity constraints.
Write clean, well-factored, and thoroughly tested code to establish high engineering quality standards.
Establish scalable engineering practices, coding patterns, and observability metrics to improve service health.
Lead live-site investigations, root-cause analysis, and the implementation of systemic improvements to prevent recurring issues.
Identify technical risks and dependencies early to drive mitigation strategies across multiple teams.
Mentor and develop other engineers through technical guidance and hands-on leadership.
Apply an AI-first approach to improve software design, testing, deployment, and monitoring operations.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass a Microsoft Cloud background check every two years.
Master's degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
3+ years of experience designing, building, shipping, and operating large-scale distributed or multi-tenant cloud services in production (preferred).
2+ years of experience owning highly available production services, including on-call response, observability, and root-cause analysis (preferred).
2+ years of experience delivering cloud-native services on Azure, AWS, or GCP using containerization and Kubernetes (preferred).
Azure
Kubernetes
Go
Python
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Distributed Systems
MLOps
KubeRay
Kueue
Cloud Infrastructure
Site Reliability Engineering
Containers
Model Serving
Data Processing
Observability
TypeScript
Node.js
Next.js
Prisma
Distributed Systems
relational database s
APIs
Authentication
Role-Based Access Control
Security Automation
SOC 2
NIST CSF
Web Applications
System Design