Security Software Developer

Job description

With more than 45,000 employees and partners worldwide, the Customer Experience and Success (CE&S) organization is on a mission to empower customers to accelerate business value through differentiated customer experiences that leverage Microsoft’s products and services, ignited by our people and culture.

We drive cross-company alignment and execution, ensuring that we consistently exceed customers’ expectations in every interaction, whether in-product, digital, or human-centered.

CE&S is responsible for all up services across the company, including consulting, customer success, and support across Microsoft’s portfolio of solutions and products.

Join CE&S and help us accelerate AI transformation for our customers and the world.

The Global Customer Success (GCS) organization, an organization within CE&S, is leading the effort to enable customer success on the Microsoft Cloud by harnessing leading, AI-powered capabilities and human expertise to deliver innovation solutions that accelerate business value, drive operational excellence and nurture long term loyalty.

Microsoft’s Detection and Response Team (DART) is seeking a skilled Security Software Developer to design, develop, and maintain advanced security solutions that protect enterprise environments from evolving threats.

This role combines deep technical expertise with security-focused development, architecture leadership, and collaboration across global teams.

You’ll be part of a globally distributed, mission-driven team that responds to some of the most complex and high-impact cybersecurity incidents in the world.

You’ll work alongside experts in threat hunting, reverse engineering, and infrastructure containment and recovery, and help shape the future of Microsoft’s incident response capabilities.

This role is for professionals who thrive in high-pressure environments, are passionate about cybersecurity, and want to make a global impact by helping organizations recover from and prevent cyberattacks.

This role is flexible in that you can work up to 100% from home.

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.

**Responsibilities**

**Design & Development**

+ Build scalable, secure, and high-performance applications using modern frameworks and technologies.

+ Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code.

+ Develop tools for threat detection, incident response, and forensic analysis.

**Architecture & Technical Leadership**

+ Contribute to system architecture and design decisions for security tooling and automation.

+ Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers.

**Collaboration**

+ Work closely with security researchers, product managers, UX designers, and QA engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.

+ Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to secure coding best practices.

**Problem Solving**

+ Analyze complex technical and security challenges and propose innovative solutions.

Optimize performance and troubleshoot production issues in high-scale environments.

**Other**

+ Embody our culture and values

**Qualifications**

**Required Qualifications:**

+ Bachelor's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
+ OR 3+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cybersecurity, and/or anomaly detection.
+ 2+ years development or engineering project management experience

**Other Qualifications:**

+ 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:**

+ Master's Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field
+ OR 4+ years experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber-security, and/or anomaly detection.
+ 2+ years of guiding stakeholders and achieving agreement among individuals at all levels of experience.
+ Proven track record of delivering large-scale, security-focused applications.
+ Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
+ Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and secure SDLC.
+ Knowledge of incident response automation, threat intelligence integration, and zero-trust architectures.
+ Effective interpersonal and communication abilities, conducive to productive collaboration within diverse team structures.
+ Ability to work independently and manage priorities effectively.
+ Willingness to pursue a security clearance, if not already in possession of one.

Security Research 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.

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 November 1, 2025.

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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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