Senior Software Engineering IC3

Are you excited about cybersecurity? Are you passionate about customer identity and access to critical systems? Are you interested in solving problems leveraging distributing computing, hybrid architectures and cloud technologies? If so, Digital Security and Resilience team at Microsoft has great opportunity for you. We are looking for candidates to work on solutions that protect Microsoft services against cyberattacks.  We are a team that values diversity of multiple fronts and believes in deep collaboration bringing the best side of technology. Our team consists of engineers with expertise in large-scale software systems, security analysis, and machine learning. We empower individuals, service owners by providing a high scale solution to protect the identity, access and execute datacentre operations securely.  

We are doing this by building highly asynchronous, event driven, distributed microservices and processing complex data at scale. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, integrating, and enhancing these systems. Our team consists of highly motivated, innovative engineers. As part of our team, you will get exciting opportunities to work on latest technologies across a variety of platforms.

The team culture values engineering quality, technical excellence, grass roots innovation, and collaboration. We foster a supportive and productive work environment to provide growth avenues for each team member.

Our Culture  

Growth mindset – we practice a learn it all vs a know-it-all attitude. Wins are cheered, failures are celebrated and viewed as learning opportunities  
Candour – we believe in transparency and receiving and providing regular constructive feedback across the hierarchy  
Diverse and Inclusive – every voice matters and is appreciated. This is a safe environment where you can express yourself without fear of retribution  
Leadership oriented – each of us are leaders who strive to create clarity, generate energy, and deliver success. We believe in leading with empathy, trust, and context rather than control.  

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience in software development and building world class solutions. 
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience. 
• Experience/knowledge of cloud computing, enterprise computing, database products
• Experience in technical leadership in driving engineering roadmaps, leading technical teams, mentoring and helping others grow technically.
• Experience in designing, developing, deploying, and operating reliable systems, with experience in distributed systems fundamentals.
• Experience writing maintainable code in C#/Java/Python.
• Demonstrated problem solving and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication skill and executive presence

 Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient working knowledge of cloud-computing environments like Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP - Azure preferred. 
• Experience with web service development and familiar with related technologies.
• Experience with building service-oriented application using WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) or gRPC
• Experience with Microsoft's identity & access solution - Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory).
• Basic automation scripting skills with PowerShell and developing modules.
• Knowledge of Power BI, including the ability to design and develop interactive dashboards, reports, and data visualizations to support analysis and decision-making.
• Experience with building conversational bots, mobile applications & user experiences.
• Familiar with modern security models like OAuth and token-based authentication and authorization.
• Experience building and shipping production grade software or services.
• Experience using agile methodologies or test-driven development (TDD).

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Influence and align product vision by collaborating with customers, partners, product management and engineering teams.
• Focus on scaling services to meet emerging enterprise needs, operability of the service including security, privacy, resiliency, business continuity & disaster recovery.
• A hands-on technical leader who sets the engineering direction with sound design practices and guides the team with best practices in software design.
• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of various capabilities within migration with focus on quality, scale, and sustainable development practices.
• Experience in technical leadership in driving engineering roadmaps, leading teams, mentoring, and helping others grow.
• Create a strong team culture of engineering excellence, customer passion, collaboration, diversity, and inclusion.