Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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16 hours ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the technical strategy for core Insider Risk engineering systems.
  • Lead architecture and delivery of scalable, secure, privacy-conscious platforms for risk signals, detections, behavioral analytics, investigations, and case orchestration.
  • Negotiate priorities, dependencies, technical tradeoffs, delivery plans, and platform integrations across partner teams.
  • Translate complex and sensitive insider-risk scenarios into practical engineering solutions with Security, Legal, HR, Privacy, investigations, data science, and business stakeholders.
  • Maintain discretion, confidentiality, privacy, compliance, reliability, security, and operational excellence in Insider Risk capabilities.
  • Mentor and influence engineers across teams and raise standards for design quality, code quality, and responsible data use.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree and 8+ years of experience, or a bachelor’s degree and 12+ years of experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Previous cybersecurity and Insider Risk experience is preferred.
  • Must pass Microsoft Cloud background checks and required customer or government security screenings.
  • Must provide citizenship, permanent residency, or other protected-status documentation as required for export-control and government-customer access restrictions.

Benefits

  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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