Software Engineer II

Overview

In Microsoft Defender for Office (MDO) team, we are responsible for delivering a cloud-based email and message filtering service that protects customers from advanced threats (malware, phish, fraud and spam) in Microsoft’s collaboration workloads (Mail, Teams, Sharepoint, OneDrive). Level: L61/L62

In Microsoft Defender for Office (MDO) team, we are responsible for delivering a cloud-based email and message filtering service that protects customers from advanced threats (malware, phish, fraud and spam) in Microsoft’s collaboration workloads (Mail, Teams, Sharepoint, OneDrive). MDO provides investigation, threat hunting and remediation capabilities that allow security teams to efficiently identify, prioritize, investigate, and respond to threats. Our mission is to stay ahead of attackers by continuously evolving our detection and prevention capabilities using advanced machine learning, heuristics, and big data analytics.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Our team is looking for passionate engineers at Software Engineering II level to join our team. You will be responsible for

• Design and deliver data platform to analyze email flow and provide insights on potential threats
• Design, implement, test, and deliver high-quality, distributed, and geo-redundant services to detect the email threats at delivery and mitigate.
• Embody our <a href="https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture" target="_blank" rel="noopener">culture and <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values" target="_blank" rel="noopener">values and demonstrate customer obsession, quality and security.
  
  

Responsibilities

Our team is looking for passionate engineers at Software Engineering II level to join our team. You will be responsible for

• Design and deliver data platform to analyze email flow and provide insights on potential threats
• Design, implement, test, and deliver high-quality, distributed, and geo-redundant services to detect the email threats at delivery and mitigate.
• Embody our culture and values and demonstrate customer obsession, quality and security.
  
  

Qualifications

Successful candidates need to exhibit below attributes to succeed in this role:

• Strong desire to succeed and motivate others.
• Demonstrate strong analytic and big picture capabilities in problem solving approaches.
• Deep understanding of security fundamentals
• Proven ability to execute swiftly without compromising quality.
• Versatility and willingness to work with constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm.
• Ensure appropriate and effective communication flow among internal and external stakeholders.
  
  

Experience & Education Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters in computer science, engineering or equivalent.
• 4+ years of software development experience with C#, C++ or Java.
• 4+ years of professional experience in building and managing highly scalable, secure, available and resilient with cloud services.
• Working in agile teams with strong customer focus.
• Experience in Azure, Exchange, or other cloud and distributed systems.
• Security or compliance experience
• ML and AI knowledge
• Depth understanding of technologies / standards in cloud services and security domain e.g. OAUTH, ODATA, open source web technologies, big data platforms etc.
  
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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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.