As a Software Engineer at Microsoft’s Defender engineering team, you will join a dynamic group dedicated to developing advanced cloud security solutions. Your primary responsibilities include building and enhancing scalable and reliable services, contributing to the design and automation of service scale features, and participating in on-call rotations to address production issues promptly. You will work with state-of-the-art technologies such as CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, and GitHub, while also ensuring robust logging, monitoring, and alerting systems are in place for large-scale production services. This role requires a deep understanding of cloud environments and the ability to collaborate effectively across multi-disciplinary teams including software engineers, program managers, security researchers, and data scientists.
Skills
Azure
Kubernetes
Docker
CI/CD
Git
GitHub
Azure DevOps
Python
Go
Rust
PostgreSQL
Redis
Elasticsearch
Prometheus
Grafana
Terraform
AWS
Linux
What you'll do
Build and enhance scalable, highly reliable cloud security services.
Improve engineering systems and practices to deliver complex cloud solutions.
Design and automate features to meet large-scale customer requirements.
Investigate and resolve pre-production and production issues efficiently.
Participate in on-call rotation for incident response and system maintenance.
What we're looking for
Experience building and improving scalable and reliable cloud services.
Proficiency in CI/CD concepts, Git, Docker, Kubernetes or similar technologies.
Ability to debug issues across operating systems, applications, and the cloud.
Experience with Azure DevOps and GitHub tooling for development processes.
Demonstrated skills in logging, monitoring, alerting, and measuring service reliability.
Market check
Salary context
This
$85,400–$168,100
range sits above
17%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$119,800–$202,200
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$142,400–$196,650
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
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
451 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 417 roles with salary data.