Microsoft Principal Software Engineer 

Taiwan, Taoyuan City 

230180480

Required Qualification:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with building large-scale, distributed software systems, with a focus on highly scalable platforms, AND coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience owning and delivering large-scale subsystems or platform components in mission-critical SaaS products.
• 4+ years of experience working with high-scale distributed systems and data platforms.

Other Requirements:

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience with data processing frameworks such as Spark, Hadoop, or similar technologies.
• 2+ years of experience with security data management, logging, or monitoring solutions.
• 6+ years of experience with cloud-native architecture, microservices, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• 4+ years of experience driving technical projects across teams and ensuring alignment.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will lead the vision and strategy to streamline deployment and optimize the operations of Microsoft Purview solutions across specialized clouds, ensuring compliance with stringent security and regulatory controls. You will drive the technical strategy for your area, working with multiple partner teams across product management, security experts, and engineering to align requirements, build consensus, and ensure seamless delivery of complex features. You will mentor engineers, lead technical discussions, and ensure best practices are followed, while ensuring the subsystem meets scalability, security, and performance requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and lead the design, implementation, and delivery of a critical subsystem within a high-scale, exabyte-scale security data platform.
• Drive consensus across multiple partner teams, ensuring alignment on technical decisions and project goals.
• Collaborate closely with product management, security experts, data scientists, and other engineering teams to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Lead end-to-end development of features, including requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Mentor and guide engineers, driving technical excellence and ensuring best practices across the team.
• Optimize subsystem performance to handle vast amounts of security data, ensuring scalability, availability, and security.
• Drive continuous improvement by adopting new technologies and methodologies to enhance the platform's capabilities.