Principal Software Engineer

Microsoft

2 - 5 years

Hyderabad

Posted: 14/10/2025

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Job Description

Overview

Cyber threats are a growing concern, affecting people in every aspect of life. As technology becomes more essential to our daily routines, the risks of attacks and scams continue to rise. If you're passionate about protecting users through intuitive and effective cybersecurity solutions, we’d love to have you on our team!

We are the Microsoft 365 Security team—a collaborative, innovative, and entrepreneurial group dedicated to building cutting-edge cybersecurity applications and services. Our mission is to create seamless, user-friendly protection for consumers and information workers, ensuring security is both powerful and accessible. We leverage Big Data, AI, and ML to power world-class cloud services, including industry-leading email and messaging protection solutions. These offerings play a crucial role in Microsoft 365’s success and represent exciting growth opportunities for Microsoft.

Our team thrives on customer success, and we are passionate about helping people stay safe online. We take pride in our diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we believe they drive the best solutions. Collaboration, continuous learning, and a shared commitment to innovation define our culture. As Microsoft embraces transformation, we bring a growth mindset to everything we do.

If you're excited about making a real impact in cybersecurity, we’d love to hear from you!

Qualifications

Qualifications Required –

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PHD in Computer Science or related field. Previous experience with web services, storage, cloud computing, and  planet-scale systems is a big plus.
10+ years of experience with designing, implementing, debugging and launching commercial software products or web services, through multiple release cycles.
5+ years of experience leading an engineering team of ICs, setting clear expectations/KRs, keeping team members energized, and delivering great results.
Experience with Microsoft Azure or familiarity with data engineering concepts a big plus.

Other Requirements –

Excellent design, coding, debugging, teamwork, and communication skills.
A Customer focused innovation mindset.
Passionate about Craftmanship in engineering.
Experience with cross group design and coordination is an advantage.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Influence and align the product vision by collaborating with customers, partners, product management and engineering teams.
Drive a diverse team of engineers to deliver exceptional end-user experiences and robust cloud services.
Ensure service durability across releases while optimizing performance, scalability, availability, and reliability.
Provide leadership, make technical contributions, and drive data-driven decision-making.
Foster collaboration and trust within the team.
Advocate for Microsoft 365 Security products, enabling users to access and control information across web, desktop, and mobile applications.
Work closely with program managers and security engineering teams to develop core features for the Microsoft security portal and supporting back-end functionality.
Play a vital role in combating malware and protecting millions of customers.
Hire and develop the best.

About Company

Microsoft Corporation is a leading American multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is best known for its software products, including the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office Suite, and Azure cloud services. The company also produces hardware like the Surface devices and owns LinkedIn, GitHub, and the Xbox gaming brand. Microsoft is one of the world's most valuable companies, playing a key role in personal computing, enterprise software, AI, and cloud computing.