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Principal Software Engineer/ Architect

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architecting and building highly available, resilient, and secure identity and authorization services at hyperscale to protect critical workloads and establish trust boundaries.

Role type

Principal Software Engineer / Architect (Identity & Security)

Builds

Resilient, scalable, low-latency platform capabilities for public and private PKIs and identity/authorization services.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Cybersecurity / Identity Management

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, Cloud platform expertise (Azure, AWS, GCP), Secure coding practices, System design, Observability, Automation, Telemetry analysis, Root cause analysis, Scalable software development

Preferred skills

Proficiency in C#, Rust, Go, Java, or C++, Experience with certificate lifecycle management, Engineering excellence advocacy

Technologies

Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, C#, Rust, Go, Java, C++, Python, JavaScript

Responsibilities

Architect and build resilient, highly scalable, low-latency services for identity and authorization; Design secure, reliable, observable, and reusable platform capabilities; Leverage telemetry and data to guide architectural decisions and improve platform performance; Champion engineering excellence through robust system design, design reviews, code reviews, automation, and testing; Write clean, maintainable, and high-quality code meeting security and scalability requirements; Improve service reliability, test coverage, diagnosability, and overall service health.

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic influence

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