Microsoft · 16 hours ago
Software Engineer II - Security
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$101K/yr - $199K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company focused on empowering individuals and organizations globally. They are seeking a Security Software Engineer II to develop automation tools for red teams to exploit security vulnerabilities in AI systems, contributing to the safety and security of Microsoft's products.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Contributes to design, implement, and support AI-driven adversary emulation tooling
Support partner development teams and the open source community in contributing to our services
Build strong relationships with peers through design and code reviews, and peer mentoring
Analyze emerging attack techniques from red teams, adversarial researchers, and external threat actors, leveraging these insights to develop and refine advanced security tooling
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
Preferred
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience
2+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices
2+ years of experience programming in modern back-end languages such as C#, Java, Go, or Python
Proven experience with the operation of AI infrastructure (networking, Azure, HuggingFace, etc.)
Proven expertise in utilizing LLM library features for fine-tuning and optimizing model outputs
Skilled in evaluating and refining prompts based on model responses to enhance accuracy and relevance
Experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection
Company
Microsoft
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