Principal Software Engineer

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to help protect over a billion users across the planet?  Are you excited about cybersecurity? Do you want to join a team that will move the needle on security problems? If so, read on! Our team's mission is to protect our customers from the perils and attacks they face as they engage in the online world. The team’s charter is to protect Microsoft 365, the world’s largest productivity service and its principal data store. We continually take inputs from bug bounty, internal penetration test and external customer feedback to keep our customer's data secure. We are tasked with keeping up and exceeding the pace of innovation that is happening around the world.    

The Substrate Security Team is responsible for building security strategy, writing prototype and proof-of-concept code, working with teams to evangelize secure patterns, and driving architectural changes into the product to improve security outcomes at the scale of M365.   

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join us. 

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. 

Responsibilities

As a Principal Software Engineer you will be responsible for implementing features towards a wide variety of business applications and services within Microsoft 365 products portfolio as well as ensuring they are done to meet rigorous quality standards with the end result being software that is used by individuals and businesses throughout the world. In short you will do the following:   

• Design, implement, test, deploy, maintain, and improve our software components and services , meet Microsoft security and AI-compliance standards. 
• Embrace and use state-of-the-art new technologies.  
• Participate in technical discussions and bring new ideas to the table  
• Own quality of your code.  
• Work with Product Managers and Architects to design and specify new features from the engineering standpoint.  
• Author internal tools that improve the teams’ quality and security.  
• Support and coach less experienced team members in their progress and development.  

Throughout your tasks, you will work closely with Program Managers and other Software Engineers to optimize design, quality and functionality as Microsoft places a premium on the ability to work well in a team environment. 

Other

• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum 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.  
• 4+ years of experience with distributed systems. 
• 3+ years of experience with cloud platforms. 
• 2+ years in working Security systems.