Senior Software Engineer Job at Microsoft Corporation (Redmond)

Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft Corporation

Location:
United States , Redmond

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

119800.00 - 234700.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Join Microsoft Entra’s Global Secure Access (GSA) Web + AI Gateway team, where we build security for AI and AI for security at global scale. Our team operates at the intersection of networking, security, and AI technologies, delivering cloud services that enable people to work securely from anywhere while meeting companies’ compliance needs. This is a rare opportunity to develop new products - large, strategic investments - within a well-established organization that is shaping the future of secure access. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to help define, build, and evolve heavily integrated platforms at scale. You’ll work on cutting-edge solutions, creating a seamless, integrated stack that empowers productivity and security worldwide.

Job Responsibility:

Work with the Product and Engineering team members to design and develop large scale distributed software services and solutions
Adhere to and drive modern software engineering practices through design reviews
System design through well-defined interfaces across multiple components, code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry to make decisions
Develop “best-in-class” engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable
Improve test coverage for services, organize and implement integration tests, and resolve problem areas
Consider testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, and maintainability, and understand when code is ready to be shared and delivered
Gain a working understanding of Microsoft businesses and collaborate with mentors and leaders to contribute to cohesive, end-to-end experiences for our users
Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach
Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring for Live Site
Embody our Culture and Values

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to: C/C++, Golang, Rust, C# OR equivalent experience
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.

Nice to have:

2+ years of experience with core networking protocols and technologies
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Golang, Rust
OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Golang, Rust
OR equivalent experience
Experience with development of resilient software, high-availability services
Contributions to open-source software projects
Knowledge of L7 proxy (nginx, envoy, haproxy), Data plane development kit (DPDK), L3/4 firewalls

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 29, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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