Senior Software Engineer

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team. Services Security and Privacy team enables and accelerates security and privacy efforts through innovation and actionable data in IDNA.

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.

Responsibilities

Emerging Threat Research – You will connect with the community on the forefront of emerging threats which affect online services. This includes research into externally found exploits as well as proactive research on technology the Microsoft Cloud utilizes and depends on. A passion and drive for turning threat intelligence into threat emulation.

 

Services and System Design – You will deep dive into services architecture, design and build products to enhance security and privacy posture.

Communication & Presentation – A trusted advisor and security professional that partners and advises services teams and executive leadership on detecting vulnerabilities, attack surface reduction, threat mitigation and security best practices. Confident to present findings through proof-of-concept exploits, white papers, brown bags, filing bugs, presentations, and formal reports. Work closely with development teams to define and adopt mitigations, develop new solutions for secure development and operations of Microsoft cloud services.

 

Other

• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

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

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS in Engineering-related field preferred Red Team/Pen Test Security Certifications (e.g. OSCP, SANS) preferred.
• 3+ Years Red Team / Penetration Testing experience.
• 2+ Years Experience using large scale cloud computing environments.
• 3+ Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages including but not limited to: C#, Python, Powershell data query languages.

 

Software Engineering IC4 – The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 – $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $145,800 – $238,600 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

 

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 8th, 2024.

 

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

 

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

 

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