# Principal Software Architect

OverviewMicrosoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We bring a growth mindset to our work, collaborate across teams, and build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture where everyone can thrive. The Agentic Security Organization is building the next generation of intelligent agent experiences for Microsoft Security. At the center of this work is an Agent Platform that helps teams build and operate AI agents across a broad range of security scenarios, securely, reliably, and at scale. We are looking for a Principal Software Architect to shape the platform’s technical direction and bring its most important capabilities into production. You will define the architecture and engineering patterns that make agents easier to build, safer to operate, and more useful to customers. This is a hands-on leadership role: you will tackle complex design problems, validate critical decisions through implementation, and work across teams to turn rapidly evolving AI technology into dependable experiences at Microsoft scale. Your work will simplify both the developer journey and the customer experience while uph

- **Id**: 3779597
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-software-architect>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Redmond, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-28T19:15:22Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T08:55:34Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 6037
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Console Games, Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 456
- **Ghost share**: 0.007
- **Stale share**: 0.59
- **Repost share**: 0.039
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 165600
- **Max**: 296400
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 296400

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 15
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T00:18:34Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,957 · green card filings: 2,767; Filings 12m: 6957

## Liveness

- **Score**: 62
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.621
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 9
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 296400
- **Is top pay**: yes

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