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Principal Software Engineer - Agent Team - Microsoft Identity

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The Global Secure Access (GSA) team is at the forefront of redefining secure connectivity in the modern enterprise. As part of Microsoft’s Entra Suite, GSA delivers a unified, identity-centric Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) platform that enables secure, seamless access to both private and internet-facing applications—whether users are in the office or working remotely. Our mission is to build the world’s first identity-optimized SASE platform, integrating Zero Trust principles with deep observability, policy enforcement, and AI-driven insights. We empower organizations to protect their digital estate with precision, agility, and intelligence.

Job Responsibility:

  • Lead end to end design, implementation and delivery of the future architecture for highly scalable, durable, low latency systems
  • Build an effective and agile development organization using industry leading best practices
  • Lead the definition of requirements, KPIs, priorities and planning of engineering deliverables
  • Proven team building experience as well as mentoring and growing team members

Requirements:

  • BSc./MSc. in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 12+ years of experience in implementation of object-oriented software in C++
  • Strong hands-on background in Windows internal, kernel and drivers development
  • Hands-on experience in developing low level networking, facing performance and latency challenges
  • Strong debugging skills
  • Familiarity in areas of multi-threading and async programming
  • Excellent teammate skills, effectiveness both in independent and collaborative work
  • Autodidactic abilities to ramp up quickly on new technologies

Nice to have:

  • Expertise in design, building and operating large scale distributed systems
  • Technical leadership, experience in high performing, agile teams
  • Proven skills to collaborate cross-group and work effectively within the team

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Job Posted:
January 29, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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