Principal Software Engineer

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join our fantastic team in the Microsoft Security organization. This role is part of the Identity Health Experience team, dedicated to building a scenario health monitoring platform for over 800,000 Entra customers. The platform provides near real-time monitoring and anomaly detection for mission-critical scenarios such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and Conditional Access (CA).

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will:

• Lead by example and mentor others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
• Lead efforts to optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance, maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
• Identify best practices and coding patterns, providing deep expertise in coding and validation strategies.
• Create and apply metrics to drive code quality, stability, and appropriate coding patterns.
• Deal with ambiguity and embrace problem-solving in fast-paced, highly collaborative teams.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field.
• 10+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills.
• Experience in security-related software development.

Microsoft offers a comprehensive benefits package, including industry-leading healthcare, educational resources, savings and investments, parental leave, and generous time off. The base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 per year, with higher ranges for specific locations like the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area.

Join Microsoft Security and be part of a team that's reshaping security and empowering users, customers, and developers with end-to-end, simplified solutions in a world of digital threats and complex regulatory environments.