Microsoft

Software Engineer II - Perception Red Agent Team

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11 hours ago
Redmond, WA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$102k - $219k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to determine customer and user requirements.
  • Lead product or solution architecture discussions and develop architecture proposals and design specifications.
  • Create testing strategies, review code and test code, and ensure quality and regression prevention.
  • Design, implement, test, roll out, and operate secure, reliable, maintainable, and performant software services.
  • Use debugging tools, tests, logs, telemetry, and other methods to validate assumptions and prevent production issues.
  • Identify dependencies and incorporate them into solution designs.
  • Ship software to thousands of machines serving millions of users.
  • Guide technical execution, mentor engineers, and collaborate with Product, Applied Science, Responsible AI, internal red teams, and distributed team members.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Rust, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Experience producing maintainable and well-tested software is preferred.
  • Understanding of algorithms, data structures, and systems architecture factors affecting code quality, performance, and customer experience is preferred.
  • Proficiency with debugging, testing, and telemetry tools is preferred.
  • Experience building generative AI or agentic systems, including LLM orchestration, retrieval, tool use, evaluation, and safety guardrails, is preferred.
  • Background in offensive security, red teaming, penetration testing, or adversary emulation, including familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, is preferred.
  • Understanding of identity and authorization concepts such as least privilege, role-based access control, delegated access, and multi-tenant isolation is preferred.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is USD $102,100-$202,200 per year; a different range applies in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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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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