Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft Security is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Azure Platform Security Team. This role focuses on building highly scalable, available, and secure cloud services that protect the entire Azure infrastructure with millions of machines. The position involves leading architecture, scalability, and operationalization of Identity, Attestation access management, secrets protection, and deployment integrity services for Azure infrastructure.

As a Principal Engineer, you'll be responsible for providing technical vision, developing strategies aligned with stakeholders, and creating execution plans. Key responsibilities include architecting, designing, coding, and operationalizing security services at hyper-scale to ensure Azure remains the most secure cloud operating system globally.

The role requires expertise in producing clear designs with trade-offs, gathering stakeholder consensus, and guiding other engineers in following established patterns. You'll drive architecture improvements to reduce operational burden, improve service availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance at scale.

Microsoft Security aims to make the world safer by reshaping security and empowering users, customers, and developers with end-to-end simplified solutions. The organization focuses on securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in heterogeneous environments while ensuring internal estate security.

The position offers competitive compensation ($137,600 - $267,000 base salary range, higher for SF and NYC areas) and comprehensive benefits including healthcare, educational resources, savings plans, and parental leave. Microsoft's culture embraces growth mindset, excellence, and inclusive teamwork, making it an ideal environment for security innovation and impact.

This role requires 6+ years of technical engineering experience with strong coding skills in languages like C++, Java, Python, or similar. The successful candidate will work in a hybrid environment with up to 50% work from home flexibility, contributing to critical security services that protect Azure's vast infrastructure.