Principal Software Engineer

The Identity and Network Access engineering team builds and manages Microsoft’s authentication services for all of Microsoft’s online services and platforms such as Azure, Microsoft 365, Xbox and Dynamics. We boldly pursue big ideas that power transformational advances in authentication and online security. We are the Core Authentication team, and we are building and running the authentication service behind Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory). Our engineering employees have technical expertise, customer insights, and a clear point of view that comes from first-hand, large-scale experience.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who can join us to drive the evolution of the Microsoft Entra ID authentication service. Our team owns the core logic and protocols of the authentication service (https://login.microsoftonline.com). You will have the opportunity to develop industry standard authentication protocols such as OAuth 2.0 and Open ID Connect and design the next generation of identity and security solutions and standards. You will improve user and developer experience and expand security. You will develop software and services at scale, innovating on the latest technologies as the earliest adopters while mentoring other team members. If you want to work on services that are core to every product at Microsoft, with opportunities for impact on a whole industry, our team is the right place to be.

Our culture promotes diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion and is clearly reflected in all the things that we do. Diversity is more than a commitment for us - it is the foundation of what we do. Our team has a sense of accountability and provides its members with many opportunities for learning and career growth.  

We have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform, inspire, and grow within our organization, and we encourage you to apply to learn more!   

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related technical discipline 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.
• 3+ years of experience developing high scale, distributed systems on a cloud platform.
• 2+ years of mentoring and coaching other software engineers.

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/Additional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR 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 equivalent experience.
• Experience with cloud computing technologies and security.

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $133,600 - $256,800 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 $173,200 - $282,200 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 is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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• Design and develop large scale distributed software services and solutions.
• Adhere to and drive modern software engineering practices through design reviews. 
• System design through well-defined interfaces across multiple components, code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions.  
• Develop “best-in-class” engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable.  
• Improve test coverage for services, organize and implement integration tests, and resolve problem areas. 
• Considers testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, maintainability, and understands when code is ready to be shared and delivered. 
• Exposes test coverage issues, organizes, and implements integration tests, and resolves problem areas.  
• Gain a working understanding of Microsoft businesses and collaborate with mentors and leaders to contribute to cohesive, end-to-end experiences for our users.  
• Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach. 
• Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring for Live Site.