Senior Software Engineer

We are looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer to join our team! Microsoft Azure Edge + Platform (E+P) is a globally distributed team of engineers, architects, program managers, product managers, business program managers, business administrators, user experience researchers and designers who are responsible for the platform for Microsoft and for delivering Microsoft’s edge vision. We create the most reliable and trustworthy OS and platform services to empower Microsoft and our customers to achieve more. We unlock the next wave of opportunity at the edge through an at-scale ecosystem driving widespread adoption of our Microsoft cloud services. 

Responsibilities

Are you passionate about computer security? Does the idea of working on several layers of Linux and working with the Open Source community excite you? Does the idea of presenting your break through security innovations in security conferences give you thrills? Do you take pride in designing secure systems and writing secure code? Do you get thrills from reverse engineering binaries and analyzing them? The Edge Security team in the Azure Endpoint + Platform Group is looking for talented, creative, motivated and driven software engineers to push the security bar of Microsoft Linux products to a new level. The team’s mission is to make Edge Devices and Azure cloud servers the most secure and trustworthy computing devices in the world. This team owns the Microsoft edge security strategy and we are focused on building state of the art security systems for a wide variety of Microsoft’s current and future products.

As part of this team, you will work on building complete security solutions. You will have the chance to work on one or more layers of the security stack, ranging from enhancing the Linux kernel security capabilities to virtualization based approaches to securing the operating system, and mission critical online services for supporting these types of security technologies. In addition to a lot of design and coding opportunities, you will interact with and learn from the large Open Source Linux community and engineers from companies across the technology spectrum working on Linux and related projects. You will also be able to create and contribute to open source projects. If you love challenging technical problems, this is the job for you. This is a fast-paced group that rewards smart and motivated engineers and takes employee growth and work satisfaction issues very seriously.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
• Experience with Software design, coding, debugging and problem solving skills
• Experience navigating uncertain situations and make well-informed decisions amidst ambiguity.
• Experience collaborating effectively across various teams, fostering productive partnerships.

Other Requirements: 

• Cloud Background check: 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

• 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 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 equivalent experience.

• • Experience working on computer security

  • Knowledge of computer architecture, operating system kernel, and hypervisors.

  • Knowledge of low level system software (e.g., Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, UEFI) and hardware such as Trusted Platform Moduel (TPM). 

  • Knowledge of building and maintaining mission critical online services

  • Experience in developing & creating platforms

  • Experience with ship cycles for commercial products

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role i