Principal Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Jul 02, 2025 | |
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OverviewSecurity represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft's mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers' heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.As Microsoft continues to push the boundaries of AI, we are on the lookout for passionate individuals to work with Microsoft Security Copilot (Security Copilot). Security Copilot is a generative AI-powered security solution that helps increase the efficiency and capabilities of defenders to improve security outcomes at machine speed and scale. Security Copilot provides a natural language, assistive copilot experience. Security Copilot helps support security professionals in various end-to-end scenarios such as incident response, threat hunting, intelligence gathering, posture management, and more Security Engineering for Copilot is focused on building and securing systems that accelerate this process by making iteasy and safeto incorporate more data and functionality that would otherwise be too scary/risky to do. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to identify areas of risk and opportunity, then design and build solutions in Copilot, making the product and its platform more secure. This can include everything from secure coding standards, to API design, to infrastructure, sandboxing, automated testing/fuzzing, application security and intrusion detection. A key skill is the judgment to make the right risk vs velocity and value decisions. You will possess a methodical approach to problem-solving, proficiency in backend technologies, and the ability to architect solutions that stand the test of time. You will be skilled is the ability You will possess a methodical approach to problem-solving, proficiency in backend technologies, a familiarity with applied AI and its unique security challenges, and the ability to architect solutions that stand the test of time. Many problems in this space have not been solved before! The right candidate is hands-on and enjoys building world-class consumer experiences and products in a fast-paced environment. 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 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.
ResponsibilitiesBuild secure and performant AI Platform services that power Copilot. Solve novel security and privacy problems at the frontier of applied AI and agential systems. Work collaboratively with other Platform, infrastructure, application engineers as well as AI Researchers to build next generation AI products and services. Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code. Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively. Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle. Embody ourCultureandValues. Other : Embody our Culture and Values | |