Microsoft

Software Engineer II - C++

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4 days ago
Redmond, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$102k - $219k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop secure, reliable, and performant Global Secure Access endpoint components using C, C++, or Rust.
  • Build user-mode services and kernel-mode components that integrate with operating-system network stacks.
  • Design secure traffic-handling solutions and troubleshoot complex connectivity issues across the networking stack.
  • Engineer endpoint software for compatibility, safe deployment, resource efficiency, limited observability, and interactions with networking and security products.
  • Deliver components through design and code reviews, threat modeling, automated testing, telemetry, and production diagnostics.
  • Collaborate with endpoint, identity, security, and cloud-service teams to deliver end-to-end Global Secure Access experiences.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with C, C++, Rust, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud background check.
  • Preferred: 3+ years developing or debugging networking software involving IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, or TLS.
  • Preferred: 3+ years developing systems software involving OS internals, kernel-mode components, device drivers, or low-level operating-system APIs.
  • Preferred: knowledge of secure software development, concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization.
  • Preferred: experience with Windows kernel-mode drivers or networking components using Windows Filtering Platform or NDIS.
  • Preferred: experience troubleshooting systems issues with debuggers, crash dumps, traces, or packet captures.
  • Preferred: experience building endpoint software deployed across large and diverse enterprise environments.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $102,100–$202,200 per year, with different ranges for the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position will remain open for at least 5 days and accepts applications on an ongoing basis until filled.

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10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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