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The Software Engineer II joins the Security of MSRC team to transform the vulnerability management ecosystem into a unified, secure, and resilient platform. You will design, build, and operate distributed services and microservices on Azure, utilizing App Service, AKS, Functions, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, and Azure SQL. Key responsibilities include owning features end-to-end, integrating AI capabilities like natural language processing and semantic search using Azure OpenAI and Semantic Kernel, and driving performance through telemetry and asynchronous I/O. You will work with C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to ensure data validation and privacy compliance. The role involves solving technical problems related to vulnerability intelligence, implementing MFA and Zero Trust principles, and managing security case consolidation onto IcM while participating in on-call rotations and CI/CD pipeline maintenance.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.
Design, build, and operate distributed services and microservices on Azure platforms.
Own features end-to-end from requirements and design to implementation and live-site support.
Integrate AI capabilities like natural language processing and semantic search using Azure OpenAI or Semantic Kernel.
Improve performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency through telemetry and asynchronous I/O.
Ensure robust data validation, schema enforcement, and compliance with privacy and security standards.
Participate in an on-call rotation to investigate and resolve live-site incidents and root-cause fixes.
Contribute to DevOps culture by managing CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and safe deployment practices.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience).
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and debugging (preferred).
Experience designing, building, and operating distributed services and microservices on Azure (preferred).
Understanding of CI/CD pipelines, GitHub workflows, and infrastructure-as-code (preferred).
Experience with Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, or high-throughput data pipelines (preferred).
Experience designing and shipping agentic systems with Semantic Kernel or LangChain (preferred).
Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and working with relational and/or NoSQL data stores (preferred).
Microsoft Fabric
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Java
JavaScript
C
C++
Azure DevOps
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Event Hubs
Stream Analytics
Big Data
SDLC
Backend Services
Python
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Java
C++
LLM
Machine Learning
DynamoDB
Terraform
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Version Control
Prompt Engineering
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Information Retrieval
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JavaScript
C
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Data Mining
Large Language Models
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