Senior Software Engineer
About The Position
The Infrastructure and Developer Platform (IDP) team within Microsoft Security plays a pivotal role in supporting the Defender suite by providing a foundational platform that simplifies service deployment, enhances security, and reduces operational costs. Positioned at the intersection of C/.NET SDK development and Kubernetes, this role is instrumental in enabling AI-driven development workflows across the Microsoft Threat Protection (MTP) organization. By streamlining infrastructure and developer tools, the IDP team empowers engineers to build and scale services more efficiently and reliably. The Infrastructure and Developer Platform (IDP) team is a cornerstone of Microsoft’s security strategy. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us deliver the essential infrastructure that powers the Defender product suite. By offering robust tools and frameworks, IDP enables engineering teams to innovate rapidly while ensuring secure, reliable, and cost-effective service deployment. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and best practices, the platform supports seamless operations and global protection for millions of users, reinforcing Microsoft’s leadership in cybersecurity.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- 4+ year(s) experience in commercial software development, including building, shipping, and operating reliable, distributed solutions and engaging in site-reliability engineering practices.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience with Cloud and large distributed systems.
Nice To Haves
- Deep experience with infrastructure as code on Azure—using Terraform, Pulumi, CAPZ (Cluster API Provider for Azure), and Azure Service Operator to define, provision, and manage cloud-native infrastructure declaratively.
- 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, Java, JavaScript, Golang OR Python OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C OR equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
- Own the C SDK: Design, build, and maintain extensible, maintainable .NET SDK abstractions for defining Azure resources and services; deliver intuitive, discoverable APIs that maximize developer productivity.
- Code quality & reviews: Lead rigorous code reviews aligned to Microsoft and team standards; ensure diagnosability, reliability, maintainability, and adherence to proven patterns and best practices.
- Diagnostics & telemetry: Apply structured logging, tracing, and telemetry to validate assumptions proactively and accelerate root-cause analysis.
- Test strategy & automation: Define success criteria; author and evolve unit/integration/contract tests; maintain automation-first practices in CI/CD pipelines.
- Architecture & design: Write design docs, validate hypotheses, and contribute to architecture proposals; ensure solutions meet security, privacy, and compliance expectations.
- Reliability & on-call (DRI): Serve as DRI for SDK components; monitor health, respond within SLAs, reduce incident volume, and author postmortems.
- Telemetry-driven iteration: Instrument SDK for usage, reliability, and performance; build dashboards and feedback loops to inform API design and roadmap.
- Customer & partner feedback: Incorporate insights from Azure customers and partner teams; ensure continuous measurement of developer value and satisfaction.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
