Principal Security Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Security Engineer

Location:

• Santa Clara, California, United States
• Hybrid, 3 days per week in office
• Travel: Less than 25%

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement cryptographically secure flows for boot, certification, attestation, and manufacturing.
• Help transition from classical cryptography to emerging Post-Quantum Cryptography algorithms.
• Drive the design and architectural evolution of the DPU Secure Enclave for boot and runtime services.
• Collaborate with engineers to integrate the DPU into the Microsoft Azure ecosystem;
• Identify and promote opportunities to improve technical designs, efficiency, and team productivity.
• Work closely with hardware engineers, firmware engineers, and system architects to ensure the DPU software stack meets security, performance, and scalability requirements.
• Collaborate with teams across Microsoft to integrate the DPU into cloud scenarios and applications.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements;
• Must pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field with 6+ years of technical coding experience, including C, C++, Python, Rust, or JavaScript.
• 4+ years of experience in embedded software development and system design.
• 3+ years of experience developing cryptographic libraries, including symmetric cryptography, asymmetric cryptography, hashing, and public-key cryptography standards.
• 4+ years of experience with cryptographic tools such as OpenSSL, Mbed TLS, or SymCrypt.
• Recent knowledge of post-quantum cryptography techniques.
• Experience developing Boot ROM code.
• 3+ years of experience developing secure enclave software.
• 3+ years of experience with software/hardware interfaces, simulations, and systems bring-up.

Benefits and Compensation:

• Typical U.S. base pay range: $142,800 to $274,800 per year.
• Santa Clara and other San Francisco Bay Area locations: $188,000 to $304,200 per year.
• Certain roles may also be eligible for benefits and additional compensation;
• Additional benefits and pay information is available through Microsoft's careers website.

Other Information:

• The position will be open for at least 5 days.
• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.