Microsoft · 15 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $296K/yr
8+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company dedicated to securing digital technology platforms and devices. They are seeking a motivated Principal Software Engineer to join their benchmarking team, responsible for developing systems to measure product performance and drive improvements across security features.
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Responsibilities
Design sub-systems for a high scale test and benchmarking service collaborating with cross team engineering and product management stakeholders
Deliver high quality service features that support customer requirements and closely work with stakeholders to monitor, improve and report the service health metrics to leadership team
Assist in investigation of security products effectiveness and performance against alternative solutions
Collaborate with data science teams to understand and identify detection gaps, capabilities, assumptions, and improvements
Work directly on security reviews, complex automation coding and approval workflows across multiple teams
Acts as a technical advisor to educate and evangelize system measurement culture within the Security team
Has deep knowledge on debugging tools, logs, telemetry, and other methods, and leads verification of assumptions through writing and developing code proactively before issues occur and reactively as issues occur across products and teams
Provides technical leadership during code reviews for a solution/product area to ensure it meets the team's and Microsoft’s quality standards
Demonstrated previous security related complex feature design and implementation
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
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, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 15+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
2+ years experience working on measurement test frameworks
1+ years' experience using AI to accelerate all phases of development
Company
Microsoft
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