Software Engineer I/II

Microsoft is hiring Software Engineers for its Identity and Network Access engineering team to design and operate Microsoft Entra Security Service Edge (SSE) offerings. The role focuses on building large-scale distributed networking security services with an emphasis on security, AI-enabled capabilities, and operational reliability.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to design and develop large-scale distributed networking security software services and solutions.
• Use AI to deliver advanced security capabilities and improve engineering productivity.
• Apply modern software engineering practices through participation in design reviews and peer code reviews.
• Design systems using well-defined interfaces across multiple components, informed by data and telemetry.
• Deliver best-in-class services by ensuring components are modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and reusable.
• Improve service test coverage by organizing and implementing integration tests and addressing problem areas.
• Evaluate testability, portability and monitoring, reliability, and maintainability, including readiness for shared and delivered code.
• Develop a working understanding of Microsoft businesses and work with mentors and leaders to contribute to cohesive, end-to-end user experiences.
• Focus on customer and partner needs using a data-driven approach.
• Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring for Live Site.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or a related technical discipline, with proven coding experience in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Golang, or Rust.
• Or equivalent experience.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements for this role.

Additional Security Screening Requirements

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: required to pass the Microsoft background check and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer, and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with proven coding experience in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Golang, or Rust, or Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline plus 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Golang, or Rust.
• Familiarity with core networking protocols and technologies such as HTTP, TLS, TCP/IP, and DNS.
• Experience with Unix/Linux based operating systems and open-source contributions.
• Experience working with proxy stacks such as Istio, Envoy, nginx, and HAProxy.

Technologies

• C, C++, Golang, Rust
• HTTP, TLS, TCP/IP, DNS
• Unix/Linux
• Istio, Envoy, nginx, HAProxy

Compensation

Software Engineering IC3: The typical base pay range across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year. In the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

Software Engineering IC2: The typical base pay range across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 per year. In the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, the base pay range is USD $111,100 - $183,700 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Additional information is available at https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay.

Location and Work Mode

• Mountain View, CA (onsite)

Position Open Timeframe

• This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.