Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

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19 hours ago
Redmond, WA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$143k - $304k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and ship end-to-end features in scalable, high-throughput distributed systems.
  • Own components from design through deployment and operate services reliably at Microsoft scale.
  • Ensure the quality, performance, telemetry, error handling, and operational health of production services.
  • Shape technical direction for asset discovery, attack-path analysis, and AI-driven risk initiatives.
  • Collaborate across teams and provide dependable technical support and clear thinking.
  • Build services that discover assets, map attack paths, quantify exposure, and support security remediation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience, or equivalent experience.
  • Coding experience in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Preferred: 4+ years designing, building, and operating scalable cloud services or distributed systems with production ownership and CI/CD integration.
  • Preferred: 4+ years programming in C#, Java, Go, or Python.
  • Must pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Microsoft

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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