Microsoft

Principal Security Engineer

United States, California, Santa Clara
Salary
$142,800 - $274,800 per year
Level
Principal
Work type
On-site · California

Not stated in the posting: visa.

Open. First seen 26 October 2026.

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About the role

Overview Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational…

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What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Embedded Systems · Rust

Rare in Microsoft's other 93 open postings.

Standard for security roles

Python

Common in security 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.

Salary context

7 other open postings titled Principal Security Engineer state a salary: median USD 203,000 to USD 285,000 a year.

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