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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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Senior Software Engineer- M365 joins the Core Authentication team within the Substrate platform to build secure, reliable, and resilient authentication and authorization stacks. This role involves end-to-end ownership of feature areas, including designing, developing, and deploying solutions for user access and inter-service communication. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional partners like product managers and security engineers while participating in an on-call rotation. Candidates should possess strong core development skills and experience building high-availability distributed services. Required technical proficiencies include coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. The role focuses on the critical problem of securing Microsoft 365 resources through modern authentication methodologies and security fundamentals. Ideal candidates will have expertise in debugging complex distributed systems and navigating regulated government cloud environments to ensure secure access for diverse users.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $195000 from 1914 postings across 140 companies.
Own the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of authentication and authorization features.
Build and maintain secure, reliable, and resilient authentication layers for Microsoft 365 resources.
Develop and evolve large-scale distributed services to support millions of global users.
Debug and test complex distributed systems to ensure high availability and performance.
Participate in an on-call rotation to maintain service reliability.
Implement security protocols to protect inter-service communication and user access.
Drive the execution of complex, multi-year infrastructure projects within the Substrate platform.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
U.S. Citizenship and an Active Secret Clearance are required.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check every two years.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 6+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 8+ years of technical engineering experience (preferred).
Design, implementation, debugging, and testing of complex distributed services (preferred).
Basic knowledge of Distributed Systems, Cloud Technologies, and authentication protocols (preferred).
Experience building large-scale high availability services, driving multi-year infrastructure projects, and communicating across functions (preferred).
Python
C#
Java
JavaScript
C++
C
Distributed Systems
GenAI
SLA
Monitoring
Infrastructure Orchestration
Security
Scalability
Backend Services
Microsoft 365
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Microsoft Azure
Distributed Systems
Telemetry
Debugging
Networking
Operating Systems
Authentication
Release Management
Observability
C#
Python
C++
C
Distributed Systems
Privileged Access Management
Authorization
Security
Backend Services
Telemetry
AI-assisted Development
Platform Engineering