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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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As a Principal Software Engineer - Web Platform Privacy on the Edge Web Platform team, you will shape how users experience the web and AI-powered computing by advancing privacy, security, and trust. You will define how identity works on the modern web by designing and owning core platform features such as tracking prevention, federated identity (FedCM), and digital credentials. Your daily work involves setting technical direction for API design, contributing directly to Chromium, and collaborating with standards bodies like W3C, WHATWG, and IETF to ensure interoperability. You will solve complex problems involving browser architecture and web compatibility while ensuring performance and correctness. The role requires expertise in systems thinking and proficiency in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to build robust protections against cross-site tracking within the broader web ecosystem.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196000 from 2121 postings across 148 companies.
Define technical direction and high-quality API designs for privacy and identity capabilities across the web ecosystem.
Develop web platform innovations such as tracking prevention, federated identity (FedCM), and digital credentials.
Contribute directly to the Chromium codebase while ensuring correctness, performance, and broad compatibility.
Represent the company in standards bodies like W3C, WHATWG, and IETF to advance privacy-respecting web technologies.
Collaborate with other browser vendors and internal teams to implement interoperable features for Microsoft Edge.
Provide technical leadership and mentorship to improve engineering quality and execution on complex problems.
Manage end-to-end ownership of projects from initial exploration and prototyping to final production shipping.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 6+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
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).
Experience contributing to large-scale software engineering projects (preferred).
Experience with the Chromium codebase and web standards (preferred).
Experience with web privacy, security, or identity technologies such as tracking prevention or federated identity (preferred).
Experience engaging with web standards bodies like W3C, WHATWG, or IETF (preferred).
Python
Go
Java
Scala
C++
Rust
Microservices
APIs
Data Governance
Encryption
Anonymization
Pseudonymization
Machine Learning
Data Pipelines
Audit Logging
Threat Modeling
Data Lineage
Privacy-by-Design