Software Engineer II - Security at Microsoft

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Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

17 Apr, 26

Salary

199000.0

Posted On

17 Jan, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Software Development, Artificial Intelligence, Adversarial Machine Learning, Security Vulnerabilities, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Secure Coding Practices, AI Infrastructure, LLM, Automation, Data Protection, Access Control, Cyber Security

Industry

Software Development

Description

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. Are you a software engineer interested in Artificial intelligence (AI) and excited about technologies like LLMs and reinforcement learning? Do you want to develop automation that red teams can use to exploit security vulnerabilities in Microsoft's largest AI systems impacting millions of users? We are looking for a Security Software Engineer II to join Microsoft's PyRIT Team (https://github.com/Azure/PyRIT) where you'll create software to emulate real-world attacks against Microsoft's AI products. We are part of the Microsoft AI Red Team, an interdisciplinary group of red teamers, adversarial Machine Learning (ML) researchers and software developers with the mission to identify risks in Microsoft's big bet AI systems. 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 Responsibilities: Contributes to design, implement, and support AI-driven adversary emulation tooling Support partner development teams and the open source community in contributing to our services Build strong relationships with peers through design and code reviews, and peer mentoring Analyze emerging attack techniques from red teams, adversarial researchers, and external threat actors, leveraging these insights to develop and refine advanced security tooling. Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. Additional or preferred qualifications Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ 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 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 2+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices. 2+ years of experience programming in modern back-end languages such as C#, Java, Go, or Python. Proven experience with the operation of AI infrastructure (networking, Azure, HuggingFace, etc.) Proven expertise in utilizing LLM library features for fine-tuning and optimizing model outputs. Skilled in evaluating and refining prompts based on model responses to enhance accuracy and relevance. Experience in identifying security vulnerabilities, software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, modeling, cyber security, and anomaly detection. #MSFTSecurity #MSECAI #AeGIS #airedteam Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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 This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. 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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the design, implementation, and support of AI-driven adversary emulation tooling. Analyze emerging attack techniques and leverage insights to develop advanced security tooling.