Microsoft is looking to hire a Software Engineer focused on security to develop software, tools, and code that meet the highest standards for security, ensuring the integrity and reliability of their platforms and applications.
Requirements
- Proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated interest in/experience with security.
- Utilizes debugging and security tools to proactively and reactively address issues in product features, ensuring security, code quality, and reliability.
- Produces code to test hypotheses for technical solutions and assist with technical validation efforts.
- Contributes to data analysis and feedback integration for product engineering decisions, acting as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for monitoring and restoring system functionality within Service Level Agreement (SLA) timeframe.
- leverages developer tools for code creation and debugging, contributes to automation in production and deployment, and proactively seeks knowledge to improve product security, availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance at scale.
Responsibilities
- develop software, tools and code to be used in support of design, infrastructure, and technology platforms as well as commercial or end-user applications.
- create and implement secure and maintainable code for a product, service, or feature.
- partner with stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature and consider a variety of feedback channels to incorporate insights into future designs or solution fixes.
- collaborate with others to create a clear and articulated plan for testing, assuring quality of solutions, while applying knowledge of debugging tools, logs, telemetry, and other methods to proactively flag issues.
- learn about customer scaling requirements and the application of best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations, while ensuring the correct processes are followed to achieve a high degree of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility.
- look for opportunities to raise the security bar as you apply Microsoft’s security policies and best practices.
- Learns to review and break down work items into tasks with stakeholder collaboration, provides estimations, and escalates delays, while also supporting feature deployments to customers, considering user and service impacts, and adhering to best deployment practices for safety.
Other
- Bachelor's Degree (or currently pursuing a degree) in Computer Science or related technical discipline, + OR equivalent experience.
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. + OR Master's Degree (or currently pursuing a 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.
- roles based in our Redmond, Washington office and/or US-based roles that are not tied to a specific Microsoft office location.
- relocation assistance is not available for this position.
- Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.
