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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States
Full-Time
Posted Aug 21, 2025
Up to 50% work from home

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and operate resilient, planet-scale identity infrastructure that handles billions of authentication and authorization requests daily.
  • Drive runtime efficiency through deep analysis of performance, cost, and reliability metrics across multi-region deployments.
  • Lead architectural decisions for distributed systems that support service hardening, security compliance, and operational excellence.
  • Partner with teams across Microsoft Security to integrate and evolve platform capabilities to meet evolving product and regulatory requirements.
  • Mentor engineers, championing a culture of inclusion, engineering rigor, and continuous improvement.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, live site reviews, and incident analysis to improve system health and team learning.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline
  • 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying, managing, and troubleshooting services in production clusters.

Benefits

  • Industry leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Opportunities to network and connect

About the Company

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Job Details

Salary Range

$119,800 - $234,700/yearly

Location

Redmond, Washington, United States

Employment Type

Full-Time

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