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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
$119,800–$234,700
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As a Principal Software Engineer on the Entra End User UX team within the IAM organization, you will drive technical vision, architecture, and long-term strategy for identity and access self-service experiences. You will lead cross-organizational initiatives to advance AI-powered administration, platform modernization, and shared engineering capabilities while ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and resilient. Your daily work involves partnering with product, design, and security leaders to resolve complex technical challenges and mentoring senior engineers to raise the technical bar. The role requires expertise in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with proficiency in TypeScript, React, Kusto, and backend technologies for large-scale distributed systems. You will specifically focus on building out MyAccount.microsoft.com and transitioning toward an AI-first experience across agents, workflows, and end-user interfaces to solve identity management problems.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $195000 from 1914 postings across 140 companies.
Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and long-term strategy for end-user experience platforms.
Lead cross-organizational initiatives to advance AI-powered administration and platform modernization.
Influence roadmap decisions by partnering with engineering, product, design, and security leaders.
Resolve complex technical challenges to ensure the delivery of scalable, secure, and resilient solutions.
Champion engineering excellence through architectural guidance, performance optimization, and operational rigor.
Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar through thought leadership and technical reviews.
Drive the transition toward AI-first experiences across agents, workflows, and user interfaces.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background checks.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 12+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
7+ years of designing, coding, and troubleshooting cloud-based software (preferred).
7+ years of proficiency in web-based technologies like JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and C# (preferred).
Demonstrated ability to solve problems using query languages and tools such as Kusto (preferred).
Proficiency in backend technologies, cloud-based architectures for large-scale distributed systems, and AI/ML experience (preferred).
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Azure Virtual Desktop
Windows 365
client-engineering
Test Automation
Performance Measurement
Observability
Monitoring
Diagnostics