Software Engineer - Identity & Security

• Create and implement code for large-scale distributed services runtime.
• Write code that is extensible and maintainable, applying coding patterns and practices such as state-of-the-art generative AI, source code organization, and naming conventions.
• Learn and apply diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability principles, understanding when code is ready for sharing and delivery.
• Identify and escalate blockers or unknowns during development, communicating their impact on timelines.
• Ensure proper processes are followed to achieve high standards of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility. Contribute to compliance efforts by checking for visible evidence (e.g., audit trails) in product features.
• Develop awareness of compliance expectations at Microsoft and implications of onboarding new technologies. Gain knowledge of global and local regulations for technologies and system applications.
• Apply debugging tools, tests, logs, telemetry, and other methods to proactively flag issues in production features. Conduct incident retrospectives to identify root causes and implement repair actions.
• Begin to apply least-access principles and use appropriate mechanisms (logging, telemetry) to investigate issues while maintaining privacy and security.
• Test and explore design options for product/solution features, outlining strengths and weaknesses with managerial guidance. Produce code to test hypotheses and assist with technical validation efforts.
• Help develop design documents supporting simple user stories with oversight. Maintain awareness of the current technology landscape and escalate findings for design decisions.
• Learn about performance, scalability, resiliency, cost of goods sold (COGS), and other requirements in systems architecture. Begin to uphold Microsoft standards of security, privacy, and compliance in systems architecture.
• Recognize the importance of building solutions that expand on the work of others.
• Contribute to the refinement and integration of feedback in product features by escalating analysis findings to inform engineering decisions.

Required/minimum 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

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:

Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Additional or preferred qualifications:

• 4+ years deep hands-on working knowledge of building cloud-scale services.
• 4+ years experience in one of the object-oriented programming languages including runtime internals like C#, Java, etc.
• 2+ years operational experience in running service in one of the large-scale clouds like Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform.
• 2+ years of technical leadership, raising the technical bar, maintaining data and results-driven culture while closely working with cross function teams for the same connected mission.

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