Software Engineer II

Are you excited about building capabilities that help protect our customers from cybersecurity threats? Making security incident detection and investigation autonomous? Do you enjoy designing & building full-stack products using technologies ranging from backend services and APIs for optimized data retrieval and business logic, to LLM-based agentic workflows? Do you thrive in a collaborative and data-driven environment? Do you enjoy working with talented feature teams including software engineers, product managers, and security researchers? If so, you'll love our collaborative, agile, and fun group with a startup mindset. 

We are part of the Defender Experts Product Unit Team (part of Microsoft’s Security Division). Our mission is to help protect our customers with innovative AI-powered & full-stack capabilities, combined with human-powered intelligence. We are committed to defending Microsoft customers from cyber-attacks as well as providing sophisticated capabilities to protect their digital assets. Making our customers succeed with our solutions is what excites us every day! We are a diverse group with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, prior work & life experiences. We foster a strong culture of learning & a collaborative work environment.  

We are building multiple managed services/product offerings for Enterprise customers. Our products combine backend/cloud services, Big Data processing, state-of-the-art Generative AI/LLMs, and Agentic Workflows to deliver scalable and intelligent solutions. With an intuitive and easy-to-use UX, we aim to delight both our customers and security researchers. Our products offer a big growth opportunity for our division. We work with partners across the Microsoft Security division to innovate in our products and services.  

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join engineering side of the Defender Experts Product Unit Team.

• Design, implement, test, and operate cloud‑based backend services and APIs on Azure that support security detection, investigation, and response workflows.
• Build AI‑powered product features using technologies such as large language models (LLMs), vector stores, and agentic workflows to improve security signal analysis and customer outcomes.
• Own medium‑to‑large features end‑to‑end, including design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration in production environments.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Security Researchers, and Engineers to translate security domain requirements into reliable, scalable software solutions.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and reviews, proposing sound designs, identifying trade‑offs, and incorporating feedback from lead engineers and stakeholders.
• Write high‑quality, maintainable code, participate in peer code reviews, and follow secure coding and engineering best practices aligned with Microsoft standards.
• Monitor and troubleshoot live services, using telemetry and logs to diagnose issues, improve system reliability, and enhance performance and scalability.
• Apply Security‑by‑Design and Responsible AI principles when building features that leverage AI to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.
• Continuously improve engineering efficiency by leveraging AI tooling, automation, and documentation to streamline development and operational workflows.
• Contribute positively to team culture, demonstrating growth mindset, openness to feedback, and a collaborative approach in a fast‑paced, data‑driven environment.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++ or Java
  • OR equivalent experience

Other Requirements:

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications: 

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++ or Java
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++ or Java
  • OR equivalent experience.