Senior Software Engineer
Microsoft · Posted Oct 14
Software, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and hardware services
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About the role
The Perception team owns the Perception platform, an advanced innovation platform for agentic development in Microsoft Security, spanning agentic innovation, new models, governance and observability, and multi-agent workflows. The team builds AI-driven security platform capabilities. This role works on building AI agentic and platform components such as Agents and MCPs for Microsoft Security products, contributing to high- and low-level design, and delivering end-to-end software engineering including development, deployment, testing, and maintenance.
What you will do
- Build and implement AI agentic and platform components including Agents, MCPs for MSEC products
- Contribute to HLD and LLD and use AI to structure and write complex platform code without compromising on security, quality or velocity
- E2E software engineering including development, deployment, testing and maintenance
- Passion for solving complex platform challenges especially agent development and ability to think big, scale fast and aggressively deliver
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- BTECH/BE or equivalent from reputed engineering college with 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Drive architectural decisions across multiple engineering teams and influence product direction.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, microservices, data storage, and service reliability.
- Coding expertise in backend programming (Java/Python/.Net or similar)
- Experience operating services at enterprise scale with solid SLO and reliability requirements.
- Solid understanding of APIs, service contracts, authentication, authorization, and security principles.
- Experience leading cross-team technical initiatives spanning multiple organizations.
- Proven experience designing cloud-native architectures and highly available services.
- Experience with AI platforms, LLM-based systems, agents, orchestration frameworks, or developer platforms. (Additional Good to have)
- 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.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is a multinational technology company that develops, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products, services, and hardware devices. Best known for its Windows operating systems, Microsoft 365 productivity suite, and Xbox gaming consoles, the company has expanded heavily into enterprise cloud computing via Azure and advanced artificial intelligence solutions. As one of the world's most valuable public enterprises, it empowers individuals and businesses globally through innovative digital transformation.
- Industry
- Software
- Company size
- 228,000+ employees
- Founded
- April 4, 1975
- Location
- Redmond, Washington, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Vice Chair and President
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