Software Engineer 2 - Engineering Systems

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

13h • $102,100 - $219,200

About The Position

CoreAI is at the forefront of Microsoft’s mission to redefine how software is built and experienced. We are responsible for building the foundational platforms, services, programming models, and developer experiences that power the next generation of applications using Generative AI. Our work enables developers and enterprises to harness the full potential of AI to create intelligent, adaptive, and transformative software. The 1ES (One Engineering System) team is responsible for enabling the world's best engineering teams with world-class tools and systems that help them ship products their customers love. Developers rely on many components to build software, including open-source packages built by others, enabling code reuse, faster development cycles and increased quality. Moreover, Microsoft is a big contributor of open-source software, including .NET and Visual Studio Code. Ensuring the security of those components and a great developer experience is paramount to Microsoft’s core mission. The Open-Source Security and Tools team is seeking a Software Engineer 2 - Engineering Systems who is passionate about open-source, developer productivity and security and will contribute to the ongoing growth and support of the engineering system powering Microsoft! Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python 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 Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
• 1+ year of experience with packaging ecosystems (packages, tools, protocols) such as NPM, PyPI, NuGet, Maven
• 1+ year of experience with software security, including threat modeling, isolation, integrity checking, and certificates
• 1+ years of experience with RDBMS and/or NoSql databases
• Understanding of how package managers work, how packages are built and installed in various languages and best practices for OSS development

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable distributed services scanning package managers like npm, NuGet and PyPi.
• Collaborate with security teams, integrating new policies and scanners in our system.
• Build a variety of tools that help Microsoft engineers consume and build open-source software that’s secure.
• Support customers and the production services.
• Work with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contribute to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
• Create and implement code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Contribute to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provide estimation.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gain approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
• Remain current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Benefits

• Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level