17 hours ago
Base Salary
$143k - $304k/yr
Responsibilities
- Discover, validate, and analyze vulnerabilities across Microsoft products, cloud services, and strategic open-source ecosystems.
- Design and develop scalable automation, AI-driven systems, and research tooling for vulnerability discovery, triage, and remediation.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and security teams to improve security posture and reduce customer risk.
- Lead or contribute to offensive security assessments involving emerging threats, novel attack techniques, and systemic weaknesses.
- Publish technical findings and influence open-source projects or large-scale software systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or a related field plus 6+ years of applicable experience, or a master’s degree plus 4+ years, or a doctorate plus 3+ years; equivalent experience is accepted.
- Preferred experience includes vulnerability research, vulnerability discovery, exploit development, reverse engineering, or offensive security research, including publicly disclosed CVEs or security advisories.
- Preferred participation in recognized security competitions or research programs such as Capture The Flag, DARPA AI Cyber Challenge, Pwn2Own, or similar initiatives.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
Benefits
- Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation; additional benefits and pay information is provided through Microsoft’s careers website.
- The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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About Microsoft
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.