Principal Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly

What you'll do

• Set cross-service technical direction and lead complex engineering initiatives from investigation through production adoption.
• Design and implement reusable infrastructure and automation, review code and designs, and improve production reliability, including through on-call incident leadership.
• Partner across teams, mentor engineers, and apply approved AI-assisted tools responsibly.

What they ask for

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to SCI based on an SSBI with Polygraph.
• Pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
• Verify U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.

Nice to have

• Experience with sovereign, air-gapped, regulated, or otherwise constrained environments.
• Experience with reusable platforms or deployment automation, Docker and Kubernetes, production reliability, AI service infrastructure, or mentoring engineers.

Pay

USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)

Tools

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, GitHub Copilot, Docker, Kubernetes

AI focus

Works on delivering and operating Azure AI services in sovereign and air-gapped environments; applies approved AI-assisted engineering tools, including GitHub Copilot, with validation and security controls.