Overview

**One Drive and Share Point (ODSP)**are rapidly growing services at the center of Microsoft's cloud, reaching almost every part of the company, like Windows and Office. ODSP is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to be a part of a team that can fundamentally change the way that millions of people use their devices and interact with the most important content in their lives.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will design and deliver systems that enable partners and independent software vendors (ISVs) to migrate from other cloud providers, improve core systems performance and efficiencies, and ensure zero customer impact throughout the change management cycle. You will deliver systems to meet our business continuity planning goals, provide telemetry for optimizing the service and drive our response time for detecting and resolving service issues down.

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- Architect, design, and deliver world‑class Identity Management, Authorization, and Policy systems that protect and secure customer content across all M365 applications and services.
• Build and evolve platforms that enforce consistent access controls regardless of how M365 content is accessed.
• Improve onboarding experiences by automating the management and maintenance of permissions across a broad ecosystem of M365 applications and services to secure Share Point Online (SPO) content.
• Drive Engineering Excellence initiatives focused on improving system performance, resilience, and reliability.
• Lead systemic Single Point of Failure (SPOF) analysis and recovery engineering to ensure high availability and fault tolerance.
• Execute change management with a focus on zero customer impact during deployment and rollout of critical systems.
• Deliver services that meet business continuity planning (BCP) requirements and recovery objectives.
• Implement robust telemetry and monitoring to optimize service health and performance.
• Drive improvements in detection, response, and resolution times for service incidents to enhance overall reliability and customer trust.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience including with cloud-scale services + Identity Frameworks such as Oauth, Authentication, Authorization, OpenID Connect, JSON Web Token (JWT), Cryptography, or Cyber Security. with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or PythonOR equivalent experience.

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:- 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 PythonOR 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.
• Experience with building cloud-scale infrastructure components.
• Experience related to cloud scale distributed design and patterns.

Software Engineering IC6 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $163,000 - $296,400 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 $220,800 - $331,200 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.