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Posted date: Feb 19, 2025
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Category: Software Engineering
Location: Redmond, WA
Estimated salary: $183,700
Range: $117,200 - $250,200
Employment type: Full-Time
Travel amount: 25.0%
Work location type: Up to 50% work from home
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team! Microsoft Azure Edge + Platform (E+P) is a globally distributed team of engineers, architects, program managers, product managers, business program managers, business administrators, user-experience researchers, and designers who are responsible for the platform for Microsoft and for delivering Microsoft’s edge vision. We create the most reliable and trustworthy Operating system(OS) and platform services to empower Microsoft and our customers to achieve more. We unlock the next wave of opportunity at the edge through an at-scale ecosystem driving widespread adoption of our Microsoft cloud services.Are you passionate about operating systems, hardware and computer security? Do you like to work on low level technologies that run “bare metal”? Do you enjoy working on a collaborative team designing secure systems that are a nightmare for the most skilled hackers but a delight for end users? If you do, then we might have a very exciting opportunity for you!
We are the Hardware Security team in the Azure Enterprise and Security group, and we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us transform and evolve hardware security in all Microsoft products and services. Our code powers billions of devices worldwide and is a constant target of ever more sophisticated cyber criminals. We own some of the most important foundational technologies in Azure, Windows, and Xbox that leverage hardware to help protect our customers’ data and devices. Our goal is to ensure our devices are among the most secure in the industry, hardware-backed guarantees and enforcements that are malware resistant. Our team owns many foundational technologies and platforms such as TPM (Trusted Platform Module), Pluton security processor, and the Xbox hardware security architecture that our customers rely on for securing their devices.
In this Senior Software Engineer role, you will be joining a team of technical engineers in hardware/firmware/software security. You will be responsible for building technologies and platforms that leverage the latest advancements in security and incorporate mitigations based on advanced attacks. You will influence our product technology roadmap aligning to our business goals. You will be part of a team that values team players and those who love to learn while having abundant opportunities to grow personally and professionally. Specifically, you will:Work with product stakeholders to design, develop, and test low level systems code (e.g., Pluton firmware or Windows Device Drivers) and other components to support Pluton Secure Processor on new and existing platformsBuild software prototypes and conduct experiments to evaluate alternative architecturesContribute to the project engineering plan and execute to deliver, with focus on accountability, learning, and qualityPractice and advocate for good engineering practices and ensure the product is compliant with security, privacy, accessibility, and other compliance requirementsAssist with evaluating and assessing emerging technologies in the hardware security and related areas and partner with product management and other Microsoft teams to define requirements, develop a roadmap, and scope project milestonesFocus on diversity and inclusiveness to enable creative solutions to challenging problems
Qualifications
Required/Minimum QualificationsBachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, or RustOR equivalent experience.2+ year experience designing, developing, and shipping large scale software products and servicesExperience designing, developing, and shipping device drivers for Windows.
Other Requirements:
Cloud Background check: Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Additional or Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, or RustOR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, or RustOR equivalent experience.Familiarity with low level Windows concepts like Virtualization and Device driversExperience writing high performance systems code that runs natively on hardware. This may include embedded development, OS, compiler, graphics, or other equivalent systems level experienceGood problem solving and debugging skillsEffective verbal and written communication and collaboration skillsAbility to work well on a team. A collaborative spirit and a growth mindset Customer and results oriented with attention to quality and detailsMotivated to continuously learn and improve existing solutions
Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $117,200 - $229,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $153,600 - $250,200 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until Mwrch 12, 2025.
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