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Principal Engineer, Web Platform Privacy

Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Cybersecurity

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In short

As a Principal Engineer on the Edge Web Platform Privacy team, you will design and own core platform features focusing on user privacy, identity, and browser architecture. You will collaborate with standards bodies and internal teams to advance privacy-respecting web capabilities and drive web standards, contributing to Microsoft Edge and Chromium.

Responsibilities

  • Set technical direction and drive high-quality API design for privacy and identity capabilities across Microsoft and the broader web ecosystem, including through standards forums, to improve interoperability.
  • Deliver web platform innovations across privacy and identity – such as tracking prevention, federated identity (FedCM), and digital credentials – grounded in customer, developer, and ecosystem needs.
  • Contribute directly to Chromium in areas that can be shared across Chromium-based browsers, prioritizing correctness, performance, and broad web compatibility.
  • Partner with standards bodies, community groups, browser vendors, and internal teams to advance a privacy-respecting web without breaking the existing ecosystem.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship, raising the bar for engineering quality, design, and cross-team execution on complex, ambiguous problems.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check required upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Desired Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 12+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience contributing to large-scale software engineering projects.
  • Experience with the Chromium codebase and web standards.
  • Experience with web privacy, security, or identity technologies – for example tracking prevention, cookies and storage/state partitioning, permissions and consent, federated identity (FedCM), credential management, or digital / verifiable credentials.
  • Experience engaging with web standards bodies (W3C, WHATWG, IETF) or open-source communities.

Benefits

  • The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year.
  • There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
#Software Engineering#Web Platform#Privacy#Identity#Browser#Edge#Chromium
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Company

Microsoft

Job Posted

1 month ago

Employment Type

Full Time

WorkMode

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

United States

Qualification

Bachelor

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