Microsoft · 2 hours ago
Software Engineer-Security Platform & AI
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $235K/yr
6+ years expMicrosoft is a leading technology company dedicated to making the world a safer place through innovative security solutions. They are seeking a Senior Research Engineer to develop software systems and infrastructure for autonomous defense and incident response, collaborating with applied scientists and security researchers to tackle real-world security challenges.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
Acts as enablers to applied scientists and security researchers by creating software systems, infrastructure, services, and data pipelines using cloud technologies
Produce reliable and performant code and conduct design and code reviews to ensure alignment with standards and best practices
Collaborate with researchers on the design, development, execution, and implementation of software projects and cutting-edge AI based solutions that serve Microsoft Defenders
Incorporate state-of-the-art research or previously tested solutions occurring at Microsoft and academia and tune it to solve complex security challenges
Research and develop an understanding of tools, technologies, and methods being used in the community that can be utilized to improve product quality, performance, or efficiency
Follow release management policies to ensure data integrity, compliance, and system stability
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to python or C#, OR equivalent experience
2+ years of experience building scalable software systems, preferably in python or C#
2+ years of experience building, scaling, and operating Azure cloud services
2+ years of experience building customer solutions or open-source projects using ML/generative AI and/or multi-agent frameworks such as AutoGen, LangChain, LangGraph, crewAI, or equivalent
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# or Python OR 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#, or Python OR equivalent experience
Experience with building and deploying services on Azure including Azure Functions, Azure Containers, Azure DevOps pipelines, Github actions, Github Codespaces, and Jupyter Notebooks
Experience with Microsoft security products, including Sentinel, Defender, Security Copilot, etc
Experience with rapidly implementing and testing research ideas
Track record of code contributions to products and/or open-source projects
Experience with training and fine-tuning of transformer-based models, information retrieval or reinforcement learning
Experience with MLOps
Experience in cyber security and safety domains, such as malware detection, fraud prevention, cyber-physical systems, adversary tradecraft, emerging threats or SOC operations
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, ability to simplify and explain complex ideas
Company
Microsoft
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