Responsibilities

Design, implement, and deliver scalable, secure, and reliable identity platform services that power Microsoft Entra. 

Own services end-to-end, from design through coding, validation, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing customer impact. 

Build abstract, reusable service components that address common platform needs and can be leveraged across multiple Entra products. 

Influence technical direction by driving design discussions, contributing to long-term architecture, and aligning with partner teams on shared initiatives. 

Improve performance, resiliency, and observability of services, ensuring enterprise-grade SLAs are consistently met. 

Champion live site excellence: participate in on-call rotations, proactively monitor service health, respond to incidents, and lead root cause analysis with permanent solutions. 

Demonstrate customer empathy, making technical trade-offs that balance engineering rigor with user experience, reliability, and business priorities. 

Raise the bar for quality, security, and reliability, setting standards for code reviews, testing, automation, and threat modeling. 

Mentor and coach engineers (IC2/IC3), providing feedback, sharing expertise, and creating growth opportunities. 

Influence beyond your immediate team by collaborating across Identity and Entra to ensure alignment, share best practices, and drive engineering culture improvements. 

Required: 

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to C#, Go, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Good understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems fundamentals. 

Proven experience designing, building, and shipping cloud-scale or mission-critical backend services. 

Experience with service reliability, diagnostics, monitoring, and live site operations. 

Preferred: 

Master'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 Bachelor'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 equivalent experience.

Expertise in identity, security, or access management systems. 

Knowledge of authentication/authorization protocols (OAuth, OIDC, SAML, PKI) and zero trust principles. 

Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, or GCP cloud platforms. 

Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across multiple teams and align on shared goals.