Overview
Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.
Microsoft Purview is a comprehensive set of solutions that helps an enterprise govern, protect, and manage data wherever it lives. Our team in Microsoft Purview is looking for a Principal Software Engineer who can deliver secure, efficient, scalable, and reliable platform with the core services in Purview. We strive to design and develop creative solutions, apply them broadly across these services and hence deliver high impact to the customers. The team promotes a culture of diversity, innovation, deep collaboration, and growth through constant learning.
Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.
Qualifications
Qualifications - Required:
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python o OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience in distributed computing.
• 2+ years experience in large scale cloud services.
Other Requirements: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Expertise in designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems capable of sustaining rapid growth
- Good communication skills for cross-group collaboration and effective teamwork
- Expertise in driving efficiency and security across cloud resources
Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $139,900 - $274,800 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 13, 2025.
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Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
• Collaborate deeply on the architecture, design and implementation of services across Purview for high scale, throughput, durability, and low latency .
• Lead innovation in design and execution in deploying, operating, and securing the services
• Realizes the design through implementation with best practices in coding
• Lead definition of KPIs, prioritization, and planning of engineering deliverables
• Mentor engineers and collaborate and support them in driving solutions across the team
