Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

Microsoft Security is seeking a motivated Principal Software Engineer to join their benchmarking team to design sub-systems for a high-scale test and benchmarking service.

Requirements

• 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.
• 2+ years experience working on measurement test frameworks
• 1+ years' experience using AI to accelerate all phases of development
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements

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 the 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
• Act as a technical advisor to educate and evangelize system measurement culture within the Security team
• Have deep knowledge on debugging tools, logs, telemetry, and other methods, and lead verification of assumptions through writing and developing code proactively before issues occur and reactively as issues occur across products and teams
• Provide technical leadership during code reviews for a solution/product area to ensure it meets the team's and Microsoft’s quality standards
• Demonstrate previous security-related complex feature design and implementation
• Embody Microsoft's culture and values

Benefits

• Industry leading healthcare
• Educational resources
• Discounts on products and services
• Savings and investments
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Generous time away
• Giving programs
• Opportunities to network and connect