Software Engineer: Security Intern Opportunities for University Students, Redmond

Come build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential—and excitement for the journey ahead.    

As a Software Engineering Intern focused on security, you’ll collaborate with teammates to solve real problems and ship innovative software. You’ll help raise the security bar by designing, building, and testing secure and maintainable code, adopting Microsoft’s Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices—including secure coding, identity/authN‑authZ, compliance tooling, and threat modeling—as part of how you build. You’ll learn new tools and frameworks quickly, apply customer obsession, and look for opportunities to improve reliability, performance, and security at scale. 

At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You’ll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology.  

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.  

Please note this application is only for internships based in our Redmond, Washington office. For internships in other offices in the United States, please see our Careers site. 

Required Qualifications 

• Enrolled in a full time bachelor's or master’s program in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field during the academic term immediately before the internship.   

• Must have at least 1 semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship.

• One year of programming experience in an object-oriented language. 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.   

• Demonstrated interest in security (e.g., secure coding, identity/authN‑authZ, compliance tooling, threat modeling, or participation in security clubs/research/hackathons).  

• Course, project, or internship exposure to one or more of: 

• Back‑end/services: C#/.NET, Java/Kotlin, Go; API design; containers/Kubernetes; multithreaded programming. 

• Frontend: TypeScript/JavaScript, React, modern UI engineering. 

• Systems & platform: C/C++/Rust, OS concepts, networking (DNS/DHCP), firmware/driver fundamentals, Windows/Linux, security debugging/tooling. 

The base pay range for this internship is USD $5610.00 - $11010.00 per month. 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 in those locations is USD $7270.00 - $12030.00 per month.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-intern-pay

Microsoft accepts applications and processes offers for these roles on an ongoing basis throughout the academic calendar (August-April).

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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.

#EiP

• • Applies engineering principles and secure coding standards to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineering.    
  • Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.  
  • Keeps abreast of security technologies and emerging security best practices to apply continuous secure improvements to systems of focus. 
  • Quickly learns new engineering methods and incorporates them into work processes.    
  • Seeks feedback and applies internal or industry best practices to improve technical solutions.    
  • Demonstrates skill in time management and completing software projects in a cooperative team environment.  
  • Understands and applies Microsoft’s security policies and best practices to ensure systems meet our security and trust commitments to our customers. 
  • Reviews current security developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, security, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.