Senior Software Engineer
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Apr 15, 2025 | |
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OverviewThe Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (#MDE) team is expanding and looking for new talent. We focus on safeguarding Microsoft customers from cyber threats while providing advanced data security tools. Our agile development environment emphasizes data collection and analysis to tackle evolving threats. Our mission is to deliver proactive protection, insights on emerging trends, and foster valuable partnerships. We strive to outpace malicious actors and anticipate future threats. By collaborating with partners across Microsoft, we develop innovative methods for threat detection and understanding attacker techniques. Our diverse team includes Software Engineers, Program Managers, Data Scientists, and Security Researchers, who build distributed systems and large-scale cloud services. Our cloud solutions leverage Big Data and the latest AI and machine learning advancements in cybersecurity. Key products include the leading Anti-Virus solution, Microsoft Defender, integrated into Windows, and Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for enterprise clients. We are dedicated to our customers' success, which drives our motivation. Our team values diversity in backgrounds and experiences, fostering innovative solutions through collaboration. We prioritize learning and maintain a culture centered on teamwork and customer focus. We are currently looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep problem-solving skills, a passion for learning, and a commitment to making meaningful contributions. We appreciate individuals who produce high-quality work and bring innovative ideas to our security initiatives.
ResponsibilitiesReviews the code of a product to assure it meets the team's and Microsoft's quality standards, is reliable and accurate, and is appropriate for the scale of the product/solution area.Applies feedback to current and future iterations.Participates in code reviews to ensure coding standards are followed. Considers diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability when reviewing code, and understands when code is ready to be shared or delivered.Independently creates a clear and articulated plan for testing and assuring quality solutions and defines success for the outcomes of tests (e.g., unit tests).Identifies needs for a broad versus selected approach in testing mechanisms and makes informed decisions to implement the most effective tests.Drives efforts to continually integrate automation features when planning for testing.Drives efforts to ensure the correct processes are followed to achieve a high degree of security, privacy, safety, and accessibility.Creates and assures the presence of visible evidence to demonstrate compliance for products.Develops and maintains a deep understanding of the implications of onboarding new technologies following expectations of compliance at Microsoft.Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical lead) to determine user requirements for a scenario.Leverages a variety of feedback channels to incorporate insights into future designs or solution fixes. Ensures appropriate continuous feedback loops measuring customer value, usage patterns, and other actionable metrics of value are incorporated.Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions.Responds within Service Level Agreement (SLA) timeframe. | |