Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft Teams is the fastest growing product within Microsoft. If you are excited about being part of this growing team and want to tackle problems on a vast scale, then look no further than Microsoft Teams. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to build and adapt solutions that leverage innovative technologies to deliver the next evolution in collaboration and teamwork, all while being part of a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive work environment.     

The Teams Privacy By Design team is at the forefront of cross-organizational initiatives for ensuring that Teams product is consistently compliant in the privacy commitments to our customers. Our team is committed to driving innovation tooling, implementing automation, and leveraging advanced AI solutions to improve the privacy posture of Teams product. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to dive deep into the services and client stack of Teams product to identify opportunities to close privacy gaps, work closely with other M365 products to build tools that help identify privacy leak patterns across different phases of software development and influence the Teams Engineering organization to develop a privacy mindset. We are seeking individuals who are passionate about solving complex privacy challenges and are able to collaborate across organizational boundaries. Your primary objective will be to mature ongoing Teams privacy programs, streamline privacy processes through automation and tooling, helping the product shift-left and close engineering gaps to protect our customers data. 

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.    

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#, JavaScript, or Python 
  •  OR equivalent experience. 

• 1+ years experience as tech lead or mentoring other engineers

Preferred Qualifications 

• Bachelor'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 or JavaScript 

• OR  

Master'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, or JavaScript 

OR equivalent experience. 

• Ability to drive cross organizational initiative. 

• Ability to navigate ambiguity associated with working in a fast-paced and changing environment.   

• Experience in identifying automation and tooling opportunities to improvise engineering processes. 

• Ability to dive deep into unfamiliar tech stacks and evaluate gaps. 

• Experience as a full stack developer 

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 will accept applications for the role until July 31, 2024

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.

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 Responsibilities 

• Evaluate and integrate industry wide compliant caching solutions to Teams service and clients. 

• Evaluate and integrate organization wide solutions to enhance privacy detection, response, and resolution strategies. 

• Explore and apply progressive AI techniques to improve privacy evaluation processes.  

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of various capabilities with focus on quality, scale and sustainable development practices. 

• Remain current with emerging privacy and evangelize to Teams engineering org.   

• Collaborate across stakeholders providing leadership and mentoring 

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process automation and optimization.   

• Stakeholder management while prioritizing work for your team through collaboration with partner teams.  

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