Microsoft · 10 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer - Back-End
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
4+ years expMicrosoft is committed to enhancing security in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop a next-generation security data platform that supports a vast user base and ensures the protection of digital technology platforms.
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Responsibilities
Reviews product code and test code to ensure it meets team standards, contains the correct test coverage, and is appropriate for the product or solution area
Uses debugging tools, tests, logs, telemetry, and other methods to proactively verify assumptions while developing code before issues occur for products in production
Conducts incident retrospectives to identify root causes of problems, implements repair actions, and identifies mechanisms to prevent incident recurrence
Independently applies least-access principles, uses logging, telemetry, and other appropriate mechanisms to investigate issues while retaining privacy and security, and drives those practices across the team
Independently creates a clear test strategy that ensures solution quality, prevents regression from being introduced into existing code
Actively identifies other teams and technologies to leverage, how they interact, and where their own system or team can support others. Understands upstream and downstream interactions between systems and ensures security, compliance, performance, and reliability can be achieved across the entire stack
Collaborates with other teams to reach common goals where dependencies and validation concerns overlap
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
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 equivalent experience
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
3+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, highly available cloud services or distributed systems on platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, or comparable cloud environments, with production ownership and CI/CD pipeline integration
2+ years of experience with partitioning large scale distributed Systems
2+ years of experience designing and building solutions using microservices architecture
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 applying distributed systems concepts such as concurrency, conflict resolution, and consensus algorithms to build resilient and maintainable back-end architectures
Company
Microsoft
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Funding
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