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Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering
USD 119,800-234,700 / year
Posted on Aug 29, 2025

Senior Software Engineer

Redmond, Washington, United States

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Date posted
Aug 28, 2025
Job number
1863966
Work site
Up to 100% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

Security represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.

Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

We're hiring a Senior Software Engineer for our Secrets Management & PKI team at Secrets Analytics Service, a leading data platform analyzing certificates and secrets across Azure and Microsoft. This strategic role involves building and enhancing our data platform to serve a wide range of internal and external customers, collaborating with inclusive teams across Identity, Azure, Office, Dynamics, and Xbox to deliver secure data experiences. We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with background in software development, data analyze, knowledge of security principles. Join us in creating cutting-edge solutions with an Assume Breach mindset to protect against sophisticated threats, improving visibility and security for the data.

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.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • 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, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of experience with shipping and operating services at scale.
  • 4+ years of experience working with large data sets using SQL/Azure Data Lake/Spark or other, to derive actionable insights.

Other Requirements:

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.

Prefered Qualifications:

  • 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#, Java, JavaScript, 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, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • 4+ years of Data Analytics experience.
  • 4+ years of experience designing and building scalable data pipelines and analytics infrastructure using orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow, Azure Data Factory, or equivalent, with an emphasis on data quality, automation, pipeline reliability, and framework development​.
  • 4+ years of experience working with distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark, Databricks, or similar technologies to transform and manage large-scale datasets.​
  • 4+ years of experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, tGCP, or comparable environments, including building and operating scalable, highly available services and systems.
  • 4+ years of experience in data modeling for business analytics and experimentation, with an understanding of secure data practices including PII protection, access control, and data governance.​
  • 4+ years of experience programming in Python, Scala, or similar languages for data engineering tasks, including performance tuning, observability, and working with query languages such as KQL.​
  • 4+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices.


Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 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 $158,400 - $258,000 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 September 18, 2025.

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Responsibilities

  • Develop data set processes for data modeling, mining, and production.
  • Implement internal and external APIs to support data integration and consumption.
  • Ensure data privacy and compliance standards are met. Develop and manage data pipelines at enterprise scale.
  • Optimize data retrieval, develop dashboards, reports, and visualizations.
  • Focus on customer/partner needs through a data driven approach. Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring for LiveSite.

Embody our Culture and Values


Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.