Software Engineer
Microsoft
Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Overview
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Team is growing fast and looking for new talent; we are committed to defending Microsoft customers from cyber-attacks as well as providing sophisticated tooling for securing important data. Our team fosters an agile development environment, continuously gathering and analyzing data to combat evolving threats. Our mission is to help protect customers with truly innovative proactive protection, advise customers on emerging trends, and engage in valuable partnerships. We strive to stay one step ahead of malicious adversaries and predict the threats of the future. We work with partners across Microsoft to innovate new approaches for detecting and tracking threats, attacker techniques, their tools and infrastructure. We build distributed systems and large-scale cloud service working together as a cross-functional team of Software Engineers, Program Managers, Data Scientists and Security Researchers.
We are on a mission to enable endpoint protection to every person and organization on the planet. We are looking for a Software Engineer to help us design and build services and tools to bring cutting-edge cyber security solutions to our enterprise customers to manage and protect devices against cyber threats. You will build bar-raising engineering solutions to accelerate product delivery to global markets.
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.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience 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 Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure and AWS.
- Experience building distributed services.
- Experience in test automation and performance profiling tools.
- Experience with software development tools such as source control systems (GIT), automated build systems, compilers, software validation systems, project tracking, and lifecycle management systems
- Experience with Security Development Lifecycle
Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 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 $109,000 - $180,400 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 Jun 5, 2025.
Responsibilities
- Designs, implemenst, tests, and delivers with provable quality solutions that are distributed, high scale, high availability, geo-redundant, low maintenance, and high value.
- Works across geographic and organizational boundaries to define requirements, scope work, develop features, integrate functionality, and meet key performance goals.
- Owns and drives projects with large scope and complicated features by working toward self-defined goals and milestones.
- Delivers on engineering commitments, while keeping customer experience and satisfaction as the overarching goal
- Prepared to learn and grow.
- Embody our culture and values