Back End Software Engineer IIs & Senior Software Engineers

Job description

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity.

Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all.

We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions.

The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.

Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day.

In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

Our team in the security org is building a software as a service (SaaS) to enable organizations of all sizes to discover, manage and govern their data on-premises and multi-cloud.

It is a fully managed, globally available, serverless platform for building security, governance, compliance, and privacy applications quickly, cost-effectively, and at unlimited scale.

The platform provides a more holistic understanding of the hybrid data estate, which is always kept up to date with automated data discovery and sensitive data classification.

In addition to empowering knowledge workers, this understanding, along with insights from sensitivity, business context, and relationships between data assets is also being used by teams working under the Chief Data Officers (CDO), the Chief Information and Security Officers (CIO and CISO) and the Chief Risk and Compliance Officers (CRO and CCO) to govern, protect, and manage data more effectively.

We are looking for **Back-End Software Engineer IIs & Senior Software Engineers** to build next generation security data platform and partner with several teams in Microsoft Security and Azure organization to make architectural decisions in an ambiguous space.

Join the transformative journey, where we are revolutionizing security, governance, and compliance solutions across Microsoft and other cloud environments.

As an engineer on our **Cloud Ecosystem Security Team** , you will develop of core services that form the foundation of the platform.

This platform empowers applications focused on security, governance, and compliance, providing unified experience for managing data across multiple clouds.

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.

This **Hybrid Position** is located at our **Microsoft office in Redmond, Washington** .

Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates **will need to relocate or reside** within 50 miles of the field location.



**Responsibilities**

+ **Define Security Personas & Scenarios** : Clarify user personas and security use cases to design targeted solutions.
+ **Drive System Integration** : Collaborate cross-functionally to influence architecture and ensure seamless service integration.
+ **Lead Innovation** : Initiate and guide experiments to evaluate emerging technologies and identify optimal solutions.
+ **Build Scalable Solutions** : Develop reliable, maintainable, and scalable software to meet evolving business needs.
+ **Embed Operational Excellence** : Integrate monitoring, incident response, and live site readiness into development workflows.
+ **Promote Engineering Best Practices** : Champion clean code, modern standards, and continuous improvement.
+ **Enhance Developer Productivity** : Improve tools and automation to streamline workflows and boost efficiency.

**Qualifications**

**Required Qualifications** :

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ 2+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining **secure software systems** , with applied knowledge of **authentication** , **data** **protection** , **access** **control** , and **secure** **coding** **practices.**
+ 2+ years of experience working with **distributed** **data** **processing** **frameworks** such as **Apache** **Spark** , **Databricks** , or **similar** **technologies** to transform and manage **large** - **scale** **datasets** .
+ 2+ years of experience **designing** and **developing** **scalable** **solutions** using **microservices** **architecture** and related technologies (e.g., REST, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes).

**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.

**Additional or Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ 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 AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR equivalent experience.
+ 4+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining **secure software systems** , with applied knowledge of **authentication** , **data** **protection** , **access** **control** , and **secure** **coding** **practices.**
+ 4+ years of experience working with **distributed** **data** **processing** **frameworks** such as **Apache** **Spark** , **Databricks** , or **similar** **technologies** to transform and manage **large** - **scale** **datasets** .
+ 4+ years of experience **designing** and **developing** **scalable** **solutions** using **microservices** **architecture** and related technologies (e.g., REST, gRPC, Docker, Kubernetes).

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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 and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis.

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Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.

Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .

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