Principal Software Engineer

As more and more users continue making the leap to mobile, we empower them by building exciting end-user facing cyber security applications & services. Security is one of the fastest growing, collaborative, fun team with a startup mindset within the Microsoft Experiences and Devices organization. 

Our cloud services leverage Big Data and employ the latest advancements in AI and ML for cyber security. Key product lines built by our team include world’s leading Anti-Virus, the Microsoft Defender Antivirus (AV), and Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) products. Our products and services are foundational drivers for Microsoft 365, and are a major growth opportunity for Microsoft. 

Providing peace of mind to our customers with our security solutions is what excites us every day! Our team has people from a wide variety of backgrounds, previous work histories, and life experiences, and we are eager to maintain and grow that diversity. We are passionate about learning on the job, collaborating with other teams, and being customer obsessed. 

Like us, if you are passionate about positively impacting over a billion mobile users from all walks of life, by providing peace of mind through easy to use cyber security products, come join us. 

• 12+ years of experience as a software engineer working on industrial strength software and a proven track record of having shipped commercially successful software products & services. 
• Ability to nurture and grow talent. 
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate in a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Software Engineers, Program Managers, Security researchers, and Data Scientists. 
• 7+ years of experience designing cloud services that are highly scalable and distributed. 
• 7+ years of experience in development principles and patterns 

• 7+ years of experience in building micro-services architecture-based cloud solutions. 
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills 
• Familiar with secure software development life cycle 
• Experience with software development tools such as source control systems (GIT), automated build systems, compilers, software validation systems, project tracking, and lifecycle management systems 
• Work independently, drive and manage technical and architectural dependencies. 
• BS or MS degree in Computer Science 

As a Principal Software Engineer in our team, your areas of focus will be within an end to end team to architect, build, deploy and manage solutions that will help end users stay and feel safe from cyber threats. The services that you architect and build must be durable across multiple releases, optimized and meet all the expectations of highly scalable, available, and reliable cloud services. You will work closely with Program Managers and other Security Engineering disciplines to deliver core features in the Microsoft security portal, as well as back end functionality that leads to them. You will fill a vital role in the fight against malware and see the results of your work contributing to protection of millions of customers. 

Additionally, as a self-driven person, you will also be responsible for ensuring code quality, provide thought leadership in bringing innovation to our products and engineering practices.