Software Engineer II

Overview

AI is reshaping the world, and security has never mattered more.

We’re building a team that moves with clarity, agility, and purpose to help customers adopt AI safely and confidently.

We create shared platforms and reusable building blocks and end-to-end protection for AI systems that power Microsoft Defender and deliver Security for AI Everywhere—across agents, models and emerging infrastructure.

If you’re excited to innovate boldly, learn fast, and work alongside passionate people who put real security first, you’ll feel right at home here. Join us as we set the standard for securing AI and unlock its potential for everyone.

Responsibilities

• Independently uses appropriate artificial intelligence tools and practices across the software development lifecycle.
• Works with appropriate internal stakeholders to understand customer/user requirements for a set of features.
• Reviews product feature code to ensure it contains the correct test coverage and follows team standards. Implements debugging tools, tests, logs, and telemetry to verify assumptions.
• Creates extensible and maintainable product feature code for minimal defects. Strives for automation within production deployment aiming for zero-touch when possible.
• Applies and reviews coding patterns, security risks, and compliance issues in code reviews. Applies security best practices to achieve security hardening across product features.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor/ Master Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• 3+ years of experience building secure, high performant distributed software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices
• 3+ years of experience of building security and compliance solutions or security engineering including building tooling to investigate and scan for vulnerabilities and exploits in large systems
  
  

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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