Microsoft

Principal Software Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond
Salary
$142,800 - $274,800 per year
Level
Principal
Work type
On-site · Washington

Not stated in the posting: visa.

Open. First seen 26 October 2026.

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About the role

Overview As a Principal Software Engineer on the Microsoft Security Exposure Management (MSEM) team, you'll help build the platform that empowers every organization to see, understand, and reduce their security risk before attackers can exploit it. Sitting at the heart of…

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What this role asks for

Particular to this role

AWS · CI/CD · GCP · Golang

Rare in Microsoft's other 93 open postings.

Standard for software engineering roles

Python

Common in software engineering postings at any company.

Compared with Microsoft's other open jobs.

The team: Software Engineering NEW TEAM

This team is new: its 56 open roles were posted Oct 12–21, and Microsoft had none in it before. You would be one of its first people.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

C# (56 of 56), C++ (55 of 56), Java (55 of 56), Python (54 of 56), C (53 of 56), JavaScript (51 of 56), Azure (37 of 56)

OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM

From the team and dates on Microsoft's own job board.

Other openings for this role

7 open postings for this role in United States, Washington, Redmond, first posted 26 October 2026. The company is likely hiring for more than one position. None has been taken down and posted again.

Salary context

59 other open postings titled Principal Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 200,000 to USD 263,900 a year.

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