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Principal Software Engineer- The Loop App Experiences team

Washington, United States (On-site)

Principal Software Engineer- The Loop App Experiences team

49 Minutes ago • 6-10 Years • Full Stack Development

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java

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azure

python

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cryptography

oauth

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cross-functional

Job Description

The Principal Software Engineer will build and scale secure solutions for Microsoft Loop, a collaborative platform built on Fluid Framework. This role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining critical infrastructure including authentication and identity management systems. Responsibilities include partnering with stakeholders, providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and ensuring system reliability and performance. The ideal candidate has experience with cloud platforms (Azure), containerization, authentication protocols (OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect), and cryptography. They will also proactively seek new knowledge and adapt to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns.

Must have:

6+ years experience
Cloud platform experience (Azure)
Authentication protocols knowledge (OAuth, SAML)
Cryptography expertise
Leadership and mentorship skills

Good to have:

Experience with sovereign clouds
Performance-critical code writing
CI/CD pipeline familiarity
Infrastructure as code experience

Perks:

Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Networking opportunities

Overview

Principal Software Engineer- The Loop App Experiences team

The Loop App Experiences team mission is to build a collaborative platform that enables a new class of applications and experiences on top of Fluid Framework (https://fluidframework.com). One of these applications we are building is Microsoft Loop, a new app that combines a powerful and flexible canvas with portable components that move freely and stay in sync across applications. For more details, check out https://aka.ms/loop.    

Does a platform that enables anyone to build highly distributed and collaborative experiences intrigue you? Does thinking about how to empower developers and simultaneously re-think core productivity experiences such as Office, Teams, Outlook, Word inspire you? What about building a new application? Are you passionate about building best-in-class UX, next-gen collaboration, business critical fundamentals, and driving user engagement?    

As a Principal Software Engineer focused on infrastructure, you will play a pivotal role in building and scaling secure solutions that support millions of users. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and maintain critical infrastructure including authentication and identity management systems, ensuring reliability, security, and performance.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field 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
Demonstrated experience or knowledge of authentication protocols (OAuth, SAML, OpenID Connect), cryptography, and identity management.
Direct hands-on experience with cloud platforms like Azure or AWA and containerization solutions (Docker, Kubernetes)

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 10+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

o OR Master'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

o OR equivalent experience.

Experience designing and building enterprise cloud solutions.
Experience working across sovereign cloud boundaries.
Experience writing performance-critical code and strong debugging skills.
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on scalability and performance.
Demonstrated communication and collaboration skills in a fast-paced environment.

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:

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until January 13, 2025.

Responsibilities

Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for one or more complex scenarios.
Provides technical leadership for the identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across the company.
Leverages deep subject-matter expertise of cross-product features with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to lead multiple product's project plans, release plans, and work items.
Holds accountability as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), mentoring engineers across products/solutions, working on-call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale and shares knowledge with other engineers.

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

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

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$137.6K - $294.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$215.8K/yr avg.