The Substrate Security team is the dedicated security organization responsible for safeguarding the Microsoft Substrate platform—ensuring it is the most secure collaboration platform in the world. The team drives security posture improvements across engineering, architecture, and operations by influencing and empowering partner teams, building secure-by-default capabilities, and addressing transitive risks across the Substrate collective. Our mission spans proactive hardening, detection, containment, and mitigation, with an emphasis on scalable solutions, automation, and cultural transformation to elevate security standards across the ecosystem.
As a Software Engineer within the team, you will work with a peer group within the organization to harden and protect many aspects of the platform. Taking ideas from the design phase to landing the features across the cloud instances. This opportunity will allow you to work on critical security scenarios on across one of the largest cloud services in the world. You will learn new skills in distributed systems, safe deployment practices, scalability needs and modern approaches to securing product via cutting edge techniques.
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.
Required Qualification:
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:
Preferred Qualifications:
Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $84,200 - $165,200 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 in those locations is USD $109,000 - $180,400 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 7, 2025.
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.
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