Would you like to join a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, where the sky is the limit of thinking in a cloud-enabled universe?

Are you enthusiastic about solving technical challenges and above all – customer success and satisfaction?

Are you eager to build highly available distributed services of planetary scale working for thousands of businesses and millions of consumers around the world? Would you like to be part of a global highly collaborative team?

Do you enjoy providing technical leadership and driving critical objectives across multiple teams within an organization? If so – this is a great opportunity for you.

Substrate is the data and intelligence platform that enables partner teams at Microsoft to build, deploy, and maintain compliant productivity apps and services with reduced effort and faster time to market. Substrate is one of the key pillars of Microsoft 365 cloud business offerings, used by millions of people across the world, hundreds of thousands of commercial organizations and government agencies.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer - Architect to join the the Substrate Directory team owns the directory services that provide user access to Substrate and inter-machine communication within the Substrate. We work closely with Azure Active Directory to provide directory functionality to our partners and users. We are starting the journey of replacing technology, underpinning much of our service. 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.