Senior Software Engineer, C++

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 17, 2027

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Above market

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, C++

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The Senior Software Engineer - C++ joins the Global Secure Access Client team to lead complex endpoint initiatives. In this role, you will design and develop secure, reliable, and high-performance endpoint components while owning ambiguous problem areas involving operating-system internals, kernel-mode development, user-mode services, and cloud integration. You will utilize C, C++, and Rust to build secure traffic-handling solutions and investigate connectivity issues across the networking stack. Key responsibilities include making architectural tradeoffs for security and performance, collaborating with identity and cloud-service teams, and conducting threat modeling and code reviews. The work focuses on solving technical challenges within heterogeneous environments by developing low-level software using technologies like Windows Filtering Platform and NDIS to ensure safe deployment and observability across diverse customer networks.

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Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.

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Skills

C C++ Rust Windows Internals Kernel-mode Development Device Drivers Networking TCP UDP DNS TLS WFP NDIS Threat Modeling Packet Captures Telemetry Concurrency memory-management

What you'll do

Design and develop secure, reliable, and high-performance Global Secure Access endpoint components using C/C++ or Rust.
Solve complex problems involving operating-system internals, kernel-mode development, user-mode services, and cloud integration.
Design secure traffic-handling solutions and lead investigations into complex connectivity issues across the networking stack.
Make architectural tradeoffs regarding security, performance, compatibility, maintainability, and observability for diverse customer environments.
Define interfaces and align technical directions with endpoint, identity, security, and cloud-service teams.
Raise engineering standards through design and code reviews, threat modeling, automated testing, and production diagnostics.
Mentor other engineers to improve overall team technical proficiency and engineering standards.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, or Rust or equivalent experience.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
3+ years of experience with computer networking protocols such as IP, TCP, UDP, DNS, or TLS (preferred).
3+ years of experience developing software involving Windows internals, kernel-mode components, device drivers, or low-level OS APIs (preferred).
3+ years of experience developing or debugging systems software using C, C++, or Rust with secure development and concurrency principles (preferred).
Experience leading the design and delivery of complex systems software across multiple components or engineering teams (preferred).
Experience developing Windows kernel-mode drivers or networking components using WFP or NDIS (preferred).

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