Software Engineer II
MicrosoftUnited States12 hours ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology
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OneDrive and SharePoint (ODSP) are rapidly growing services at the center of Microsoft's cloud, interacting with almost every part of Microsoft. You would be a part of the team that defends this planet-scale service against attackers who are seeking to gain unauthorized access to customer data, jeopardizing the trust that millions of customers have placed in Microsoft to keep their data secure.
We are looking for a smart, agile, and intellectually curious Software Engineer II who loves creating and building things that delight and protect our customers. You will be working with a team of amazing engineers and partnering closely with other security teams to improve security in OneDrive and SharePoint, across Microsoft, and in the industry at large.
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.
Responsibilities
Required Qualifications:
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:
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 October 24th, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
We are looking for a smart, agile, and intellectually curious Software Engineer II who loves creating and building things that delight and protect our customers. You will be working with a team of amazing engineers and partnering closely with other security teams to improve security in OneDrive and SharePoint, across Microsoft, and in the industry at large.
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.
Responsibilities
- You will build systems that evaluate behavior across hundreds of thousands of servers, SQL databases, Key Vaults, and storage accounts to identify potentially-malicious activity.
- You will work in large-scale distributed systems that handle millions of events per second with low latency and reliability exceeding 99.9%.
- You will collaborate with engineers across the OneDrive and SharePoint organization to investigate and evict intruders before they gain access to customer data or sensitive resources.
- You will contribute to and help shape the vibrant, inclusive engineering culture of OneDrive & SharePoint.
- You will be expected to do deep, data-driven, collaborative design for additions and changes to our products.
- You will write clean, efficient code and comprehensive tests.
- You will build excellent coverage with metrics and telemetry to ensure we understand exactly what is happening with our services at all times.
- You will deliver features that will protect hundreds of millions of customers around the world.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of experience with cloud-scale apps/services and server/service management features with multiple enterprise-scale customers.
- Demonstrated experience effectively navigating complex and uncertain situations, including being comfortable making decisions with high ambiguity.
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.
- 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 Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ 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 cloud scale distributed design and patterns and building cloud-scale infrastructure components.
- Experience with threat analysis and cyber security.
- Demonstrated experience delivering projects that include multiple components while working across and partnering with multiple engineering teams to achieve business goals.
- Able to learn new systems quickly and adapt new methodologies to our services with an eagerness to independently drive engineering and security investigations with sometimes incomplete information.
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 October 24th, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.
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