Senior Software Engineer

On the Microsoft Defender for Office team (MDO), we are responsible for delivering a cloud-based email and message filtering service that protects customers from advanced threats (malware, phish, fraud and spam) in Microsoft’s email and Teams collaboration workloads. MDO provides investigation, threat hunting and remediation capabilities that allow security teams to efficiently identify, prioritize, investigate, and respond to threats. 

Security has never been more important at Microsoft and the Defender for Office (MDO) team operates at the forefront of our company’s investments to protect customers as they navigate an ever-changing security landscape. In the MDO team, we focus on detecting malicious activity (malware, phish, fraud and spam), responding rapidly and neutralizing the threat.  

Our team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to work in our Foundations organization. You will be responsible for helping build the next iteration of services that will support MDO into the future. This include optimizing our existing architecture for major value savings, embracing new technologies and architectures to enhance MDO's product agility and raising the security & quality bar for the product as a whole.

As a Senior Software Engineer you will be comfortable working in an agile environment, collaborating with peer engineers in MDO, working closely with Product Management and with our partners in Substrate to come up with durable solutions that fulfill customer needs.  

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day. 

Responsibilities

• Adhere to great Safe Deployment Practices (pre-production testing, blast radius reduction, early detection of issues and rollback of changes).  
• Mentor and guide engineers, providing technical direction, reviewing code, and ensuring best practices are followed. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, security experts, and data scientists to translate business requirements into technical solutions.  Drive end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timely and high-quality results. 
• Work on cloud-native technologies and distributed systems to build a robust, resilient, and secure platform.
• Continuously improve our codebase by leveraging new technologies and best practices in security, data governance, and cloud infrastructure. 
• Other
  • Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: 

• 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. 
• 2+ years experience working with high scale distributed systems.

Other Requirements:

• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements