Senior Software Engineer - Security
Content + Source + Freshness • 15 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
The role offers substantial compensation and the opportunity to work at the forefront of security technology within a leading global company, making it highly appealing.
- Competitive salary: $119,800-$234,700/year
- Key role in advancing AI-driven security technology
- Flexibility with hybrid work options
- Intensive experience required in cybersecurity
Pros
- Cutting-edge work in AI and cybersecurity with significant industry impact
- Attractive compensation range ($119,800 - $234,700/year)
- Hybrid work model promoting flexibility
Cons
- High expectations for technical proficiency in diverse programming languages
- Fast-paced environment potentially leading to high workloads
- Involvement in sensitive security evaluations may create stress
Who it's for
Senior • Hybrid / office with some travel
Good fit
- Experienced software engineers with an interest in security
- Candidates aiming to influence AI and cybersecurity advancements
- Individuals looking for growth opportunities in a dynamic work environment
Not recommended for
- Junior engineers without significant experience
- Those who favor a relaxed work pace and culture
- Candidates uncomfortable with a hybrid work setting
Motivation fit
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Senior Software Engineer - Security
Redmond, Washington, United States
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Overview
The Cloud & AI organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission is 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. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world.
The ‘Microsoft Red Team Engineering’ team develops red team tools for use by human operators. We also build AI red team services that automate those same tools for security defenders.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Security interested in building AI capabilities that automate end-to-end red team engagements; advancing state of the art use of generative AI and agentic systems, developing and leveraging their understanding of attacker, building novel yet robust online services, and learning from some of the most experienced offensive tool developers in the industry. In this role, you’ll help build cutting edge capabilities designed to scale red team insights to defensive stakeholders across Microsoft.
Our engineers come from diverse backgrounds, are passionate about our products, and grounded in our customers’ needs. Our team values thoughtful engineering, the ability to develop relationships with your peers and partners, and the ability to focus on the outcomes that matter.
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.
In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.
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 in red teaming, adversarial testing, and offensive security—including threat emulation, vulnerability discovery, and ethical hacking.
- 4+ years in system design and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).
- 1 + years Experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic AI systems.
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: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
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 November 30th, 2025
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Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and support AI-driven red team services using generative as well as traditional AI techniques
- Research, experiment with, and productionize frontier AI capabilities and design patterns
- Research the latest attack techniques used by internal red teams and external threat actors
- Contribute to red team tools for use by both human operators and AI red teaming services
- Support partner development teams in contributing to our services and tools
- Partner with internal defensive security teams to improve their detection, investigation, and response capabilities
- Build strong relationships with your peers through design, code reviews, and peer mentoring
- Embody our culture and values
