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Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

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Hyderabad, Telangana

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On-site

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

Principal Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Date posted

Aug 01, 2025

Job number

1852851

Work site

Microsoft on-site only

Travel

0-25 %

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

Are you excited about building AI-powered capabilities that help protect our customers from cybersecurity threats? Do you enjoy designing & building full-stack products that provide value to our Enterprise customers? Do you thrive in a collaborative and a data-driven environment? Do you enjoy working with talented feature teams including data scientists, software engineers, product managers, and security researchers? If so, you'll love our collaborative, fast-growing, and fun group with a startup mindset.

We are part of the Defender Experts product unit (part of Microsoft’s Security division). Our mission is to help protect our customers with innovative AI-powered & full-stack capabilities, combined with human-powered intelligence. We are committed to defending Microsoft customers from cyber-attacks as well as providing sophisticated capabilities to protect their digital assets. Making our customers succeed with our solutions is what excites us every day! We are a diverse group with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, prior work & life experiences. We foster a strong culture of learning & a collaborative work environment. We are a collaborative, fast growing, and fun group with a startup mindset.

We are building multiple managed services/product offerings for Enterprise customers. Our products combine backend/cloud services, Big Data processing, and state-of-the-art Generative AI/LLMs to deliver scalable and intelligent solutions. With an intuitive and easy-to-use UX, we aim to delight both our customers and security researchers. Our products offer a big growth opportunity for our division. We work with partners across the Microsoft Security division (including the Security CoPilot team) to innovate in our products and services.

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Qualifications

Requirements:

10+ years of industry-experience building/delivering high-quality software.

Preferred Qualifications :

5+ years of experience in cloud-based services, AI-powered features, and full-stack capabilities
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate within a multi-disciplinary team
Expertise in C#, Java, C++ or equivalent programming languages
Proficient in Secure Software Development Life Cycle
BS, MS, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related fields or related course work

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.

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Responsibilities

As Principal Software Engineer in our team, your areas of focus will be within an end-to-end team to design, build, deploy and manage cloud services that will help end users stay and feel safe from cyber threats. You take pride in focusing on fast paced ideate/create/learn cycle and measurable value growth through the experiences you build. You will work with Junior Engineers, Engineering Managers, Program Managers, and other Security Engineering disciplines to deliver core features for our security solution.

Additionally, as a self-driven person, you will also be responsible for ensuring code quality, provide thought leadership in bringing innovation to our products and engineering practices.

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

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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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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