Software Engineer II

Overview

Are you excited about building capabilities that help protect our customers from cybersecurity threats? Making security incident detection and investigation autonomous? Do you enjoy designing & building full-stack products using technologies ranging from backend services and APIs for optimized data retrieval and business logic, to LLM-based agentic workflows? Do you thrive in a collaborative and data-driven environment? Do you enjoy working with talented feature teams including software engineers, product managers, and security researchers?

If so, you'll love our collaborative, agile, and fun group with a startup mindset.

We are part of the Defender Experts Product Unit Team (part of Microsoft's Security Division). Our mission is to help protect our customers with innovative AI-powered & full-stack capabilities, combined with human-powered intelligence. We are committed to defending Microsoft customers from cyber-attacks as well as providing sophisticated capabilities to protect their digital assets. Making our customers succeed with our solutions is what excites us every day!

We are a diverse group with people from a wide variety of backgrounds, prior work & life experiences. We foster a strong culture of learning & a collaborative work environment.

We are building multiple managed services/product offerings for Enterprise customers. Our products combine backend/cloud services, Big Data processing, state-of-the-art Generative AI/LLMs, and Agentic Workflows to deliver scalable and intelligent solutions. With an intuitive and easy-to-use UX, we aim to delight both our customers and security researchers. Our products offer a big growth opportunity for our division. We work with partners across the Microsoft Security division to innovate in our products and services.

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join engineering side of the Defender Experts Product Unit Team.

Responsibilities

* Design, implement, test, and operate cloud‑based backend services and APIs on Azure that support security detection, investigation, and response workflows.

* Build AI‑powered product features using technologies such as large language models (LLMs), vector stores, and agentic workflows to improve security signal analysis and customer outcomes.

* Own medium‑to‑large features end‑to‑end, including design, implementation, deployment, monitoring, and iteration in production environments.

* Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Security Researchers, and Engineers to translate security domain requirements into reliable, scalable software solutions.

* Contribute to technical design discussions and reviews, proposing sound designs, identifying trade‑offs, and incorporating feedback from lead engineers and stakeholders.

* Write high‑quality, maintainable code, participate in peer code reviews, and follow secure coding and engineering best practices aligned with Microsoft standards.

* Monitor and troubleshoot live services, using telemetry and logs to diagnose issues, improve system reliability, and enhance performance and scalability.

* Apply Security‑by‑Design and Responsible AI principles when building features that leverage AI to enhance threat detection and response capabilities.

* Continuously improve engineering efficiency by leveraging AI tooling, automation, and documentation to streamline development and operational workflows.

* Contribute positively to team culture, demonstrating growth mindset, openness to feedback, and a collaborative approach in a fast‑paced, data‑driven environment.

Qualifications

Required 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++ or Java

* 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 Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years…