Principal Software Engineer
- Location
- Redmond, WA
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Executive
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 29 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- React
- C#
Also useful
- Kusto
- AI/ML
- backend architecture
About the role
Define and drive the technical vision, architecture, and long-term strategy for the End user experience and foundational architecture for powering PAM, MySignin & Myaccess Lead cross-organizational initiatives that advance AI-powered administration, platform modernization, and shared engineering capabilities, delivering scalable, secure, resilient, and accessible solutions.
Partner with engineering, product, design, and security leaders to influence roadmap decisions, resolve complex technical challenges, and ensure successful execution of high-impact investments. Establish and champion engineering excellence through architectural guidance, operational rigor, performance optimization, and continuous improvement of platform quality and reliability.
Mentor and develop senior engineers while raising the technical bar across the organization through thought leadership, technical reviews, and best-practice adoption. Qualifications - Required: 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.
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 OR Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.
7+ years of designing, coding, and troubleshooting cloud-based software. 7+ years of Proficient in various languages, especially web-based technologies like JavaScript, TypeScript, React, and C#. Demostrated ability to solve problems using query languages and tools such as Kusto. Demostrated abulity to collaborate and communicate across disciplines, levels, and product teams.
Proficient in backend technologies and cloud-based architectures to build large-scale distributed systems and AI/ML, Agency experience.
From Microsoft's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 11, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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