Software Engineer IDNA
Microsoft Corporation · Redmond, WA
$85,400–$219,200from the description
Jul 15, 2026
Redmond, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits on the Conditional Access team within Microsoft's identity security organization, focused on building an AI-driven agent that analyzes organizational access policies, identifies risky configurations, and recommends or applies changes to strengthen security posture. The engineer will work across the Conditional Access policy engine, identity risk signals, and an emerging agent-identity platform, writing code and designing systems at the intersection of AI and identity security.
Mid level · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
Advertised as Principal, but the requirements read as Mid.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 22,000 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 16,500–28,600
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The title says 'Principal Software Engineer' but the internal level codes listed are IC2 and IC3, which correspond to entry-level and early-career bands at Microsoft — the actual requirements (a bachelor's degree or equivalent plus as little as 1 year of experience) support a Mid-level classification, not Principal. The advertised title is preserved as Principal but the required seniority reflects what the qualifications actually gate on.
Two pay bands are quoted (IC2: $85,400–$183,700; IC3: $102,100–$219,200), with higher ranges for San Francisco Bay Area and New York City. The figures above span the full US range across both bands.
The required coding-language skill is stated as 'including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python' — any one of these satisfies the gate; alternatives are listed accordingly.
Rust appears only in the Preferred Qualifications section and is therefore not a hard gate.
AI/ML experience is heavily implied by the role's focus on the Conditional Access Optimization Agent and agentic identity security, but no specific AI/ML technology or framework is explicitly named as required or preferred in the qualifications sections.
No specific work location is stated in the posting; Seattle/Redmond (Microsoft HQ CBSA) is used as the default metro given the Microsoft context.
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