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Would you like to spend your days meaningfully impacting society? The Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (MDE) team is dedicated to protecting consumers and enterprises alike from cyber-attacks. Our mission is to safeguard every user with innovative proactive protection, detection, and response technologies, aiming to stay ahead of malicious actors and anticipating the threats of the future. We work with partners across Microsoft to develop the next generation of capabilities to detect and block emerging threats, sophisticated attacker techniques, malicious tools, and compromised infrastructure.  Our team develops features for Windows, Linux and MacOS working together as a cross-functional group of software engineers, product managers, data scientists and security researchers. 

We’re looking to hire a Senior Software Engineer with indepth understanding of OS internals to help us improve and evolve our MDE products. You will work closely with MDE architects and engineers to design and develop security solutions that provide timely, best-in-class protection across the breadth of MDE client’s device ecosystem.

This position provides the potential for tremendous personal and career growth across many dimensions.  You’ll have the opportunity to work across divisional boundaries and develop a broad understanding of Microsoft’s business while making a meaningful impact on society. Interested? We would love to hear from you!  

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

• Partner with multiple teams across Windows, architecting and implementing solutions deeply integrated into OS stack  

• Execute on architecture, design, code reviews, and development 

• Foster a healthy and inclusive team environment  

Other

• Embody our Culture (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) and Values (https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/culture)

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

• OR equivalent experience

• 3+ years of professional hands-on systems programming experience with C/C+Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven track record architecting and developing robust and extensible solutions 

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills 

• Experience with multi-threaded / parallel programming 

• Deep understanding of one or more of the following areas: OS internals, endpoint detection and response, or anti-malware

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $112,000 - $218,400 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 $145,800 - $238,600 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 May 23rd, 2024.

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