Principal Software Engineer
About The Position
The Microsoft Purview Data Security engineering team builds the security, protection, and compliance capabilities that help organizations safeguard their most sensitive data across Microsoft 365, Fabric, Azure, endpoints, and multicloud environments. The team develops and operates mission-critical services that power Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Insider Risk Management, Information Protection, Adaptive Protection, and AI-era data security experiences used by enterprises worldwide. We are looking for a passionate Principal Software Engineer with experiences working with all service aspects of high throughput and multi-tenant services, ability to design components carefully, properly handle errors, write clean and well-factored code with good tests and good maintainability. 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.
- 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
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
- Drive end-to-end design and implementation of highly scalable, reliable, and secure cloud services operating at Microsoft scale.
- Partner with Product Management, Design, and partner engineering teams to translate customer and business requirements into long-term platform investments.
- Establish engineering best practices around architecture, reliability, observability, performance, security, and operational excellence.
- Provide technical leadership across multiple feature teams, influencing engineering decisions beyond immediate organizational boundaries.
- Drive adoption of modern AI, agentic, and data intelligence capabilities to improve customer value and developer productivity.
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
