PRINCIPAL SOFTWARE ENGINEER - Privacy

The Intelligent Conversation and Communications Cloud (IC3) powers billions of real-time customer conversations in products across the Microsoft ecosystem (including Skype, Teams, and Dynamics) and third-party apps and experiences through Azure Communication Services. Our services are the foundation for reliable and high-quality audio/video calling, meeting, and messaging scenarios on desktop, mobile, web, and embedded endpoints. IC3’s mission is to make conversations more intelligent, creating best-in-class productivity tools for the modern workplace with the promise that every call, meeting, or chat makes the next one better. 

IC3 AEGIS Security & Privacy team is seeking a Principal Software Engineer. This candidate will be passionate, self-motivated, and experienced in privacy aspects. This role is essential in building tools, processes, automation, and engineering infrastructure that empower IC3 developers worldwide to create secure and compliant services trusted by both consumers and highly-regulated enterprises. 

Our mission is to achieve "zero-click compliance" by automatically and continuously identifying and remediating compliance and privacy issues on behalf of service owners. We also strive to provide transparent data to service owners, privacy teams, and leadership on the state of our Azure services to minimize business risk. 

As a member of the IC3 AEGIS Security & Privacy team, you will be at the forefront of cross-organizational initiatives to ensure that IC3 products are consistently compliant with our privacy commitments to customers. You will drive innovation in tooling, implement automation, and leverage advanced AI solutions to improve the privacy posture of IC3 products. You will have the opportunity to dive deep into the services and client stack of IC3 products 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 IC3 Engineering organization to develop a privacy mindset. 

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 of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience. 
• 1+ years of experience as a tech lead or mentoring other 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 Qualifications:

• 10+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages OR Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, or JavaScript
• Ability to drive cross-organizational initiatives. 
• Ability to navigate ambiguity associated with working in a fast-paced and changing environment. 
• Experience in identifying automation and tooling opportunities to improve privacy processes. 
• Ability to dive deep into unfamiliar tech stacks and evaluate gaps. 
• Experience as a full stack developer. 
• In-depth knowledge of privacy standards and regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, and HIPAA. 
• Familiarity with privacy-enhancing technologies and frameworks. 
• The Ability to design and implement privacy solutions in cloud environments. 
• Experience in automating privacy compliance processes. 

Software Engineering IC5 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $137,600 - $267,000 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 $180,400 - $294,000 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 June 26, 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.

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

• Evaluate and integrate industry-wide compliant privacy solutions into IC3 services 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 a focus on quality, scale, and sustainable development practices. 
• Stay current with emerging privacy trends and evangelize them within the IC3 engineering organization. 
• Collaborate across stakeholders providing leadership and mentoring. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process automation and optimization. 
• Manage stakeholders while prioritizing work for your team through collaboration with partner teams.