# Principal Software Engineer

OverviewThe Substrate Directory IDC organization owns foundational capabilities across Provisioning, Groups, and Manageability that are critical to Microsoft 365 administration and directory experiences. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who will provide end-to-end security leadership across these areas. The role will work closely with engineering teams to ensure that new features, modernization investments, APIs, administrative operations, and service-to-service interactions are secure by design. The role will combine deep expertise in identity, authentication and authorization, privileged operations, API security, distributed systems, and threat modeling with the ability to influence architecture across multiple teams. The broader Substrate Identity and Directory strategy makes customer trust, security initiatives, service hardening, least-privileged access, and reducing privileged dependencies key priorities. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values

- **Id**: 4019939
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-principal-software-engineer-98>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Hyderabad, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-02T18:02:52Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T14:30:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4927
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, 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**: 471
- **Ghost share**: 0.006
- **Stale share**: 0.597
- **Repost share**: 0.04
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Least Privilege** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Threat Modeling** — Optional: no
- **Defense in Depth** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T14:30:56Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T15:56:19Z

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