below marketmost similar roles pay hereabove market
This role pays more than
60%
of similar roles. Most pay
$121,750–$171,000
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$152k
versus about
$146k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Microsoft
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
Microsoft currently has
694 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 651 roles with salary data.
The Software Engineer 2 - Microsoft Red Team will join the team to design, implement, test, deploy, and support reliable software and automation for provisioning and managing attack infrastructure for offensive security teams. The role involves engineering and maintaining secure software platforms, services, and automation that provide isolated identity and productivity environments for sensitive operations. Key responsibilities include developing production-quality code using automated testing, code reviews, observability, and documentation while supporting red team infrastructure needs. Candidates must possess experience in general-purpose programming languages, distributed systems, cloud services, and infrastructure as code. Required skills include configuration management, continuous integration, deployment, and automated provisioning of ephemeral environments. The position requires applying secure engineering practices like threat modeling, identity and access isolation, secrets management, and secure development lifecycle practices to solve complex operational security problems.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?
Median $202800 from 409 postings across 38 companies.
Design, implement, and support software for provisioning and managing attack infrastructure.
Engineer secure software platforms and services for isolated identity and productivity environments.
Develop production-quality code using automated testing, code reviews, and secure development practices.
Support red team operations with necessary infrastructure requirements.
Build and operate reliable distributed systems, cloud services, and infrastructure platforms.
Manage infrastructure as code, configuration management, and continuous integration/deployment pipelines.
Apply secure engineering practices including threat modeling, secrets management, and identity isolation.
Translate operational needs from security teams into dependable engineering solutions.
What we're looking for
2-5 years of relevant professional experience as a site reliability engineer, security engineer, or software engineer.
Experience designing, developing, testing, and maintaining production software or automation in one or more general-purpose programming languages.
Experience building and operating reliable distributed systems, cloud services, or infrastructure platforms, including monitoring, incident response, and performance troubleshooting.
Experience with infrastructure as code, configuration management, continuous integration and deployment, and automated provisioning of ephemeral environments.
Experience applying secure engineering practices to sensitive systems, including threat modeling, identity and access isolation, secrets management, and secure development lifecycle practices.
Experience collaborating with offensive security teams, security researchers, investigators, or incident responders to translate operational needs into dependable engineering solutions.
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
Azure
AWS
GCP
Red Teaming
Exploit Development
Vulnerability Discovery
Post-Exploitation
Agent Platform Development
Threat Intelligence
Adversary Emulation