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
Original Posting
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