Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
We are the Entra Admin Management UX team part of IAM organization, to empower every Entra customer to drive organizational compliance and security through a high-quality, secure, and intelligent admin center. The team builds and maintains the Entra Admin Center – a single interface for managing Identities and access. It supports cloud environment and aims to deliver intuitive, consistent, and secure unified Admin experience; leads frontend engineering for Entra, setting standards for shared UX libraries. The team is also driving a transformative shift toward AI-first experience across agents, workflows and admin interfaces to provide unified Entra AI UX platform and shared infrastructure. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to emphasize technical leadership, architectural ownership, cross-organization influence, AI innovation, platform strategy, and engineering excellence more than day-to-day implementation. 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.
Requirements
- 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 OR equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of designing, coding, and troubleshooting cloud-based software.
- 7+ years of Proficient in various languages, especially web-based technologies like JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and C#.
- Demostrated ability to solve problems using query languages and tools such as Kusto.
- Demostrated abulity to collaborate and communicate across disciplines, levels, and product teams.
- Proficient in backend technologies and cloud-based architectures to build large-scale distributed systems and AI/ML, Agency experience.
Nice To Haves
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and long-term strategy for the Entra Admin Center and foundational administration experiences across Entra, Azure Portal and other MSEC Portals.
- Lead cross-organizational initiatives that advance AI-powered administration, platform modernization, and shared engineering capabilities, delivering scalable, secure, resilient, and accessible solutions.
- Partner with engineering, product, design, and security leaders to influence roadmap decisions, resolve complex technical challenges, and ensure successful execution of high-impact investments.
- Establish and champion engineering excellence through architectural guidance, operational rigor, performance optimization, and continuous improvement of platform quality and reliability.
- Mentor and develop senior engineers while raising the technical bar across the organization through thought leadership, technical reviews, and best-practice adoption.
Benefits
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
