Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

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.

Microsoft Intune is a comprehensive endpoint management solution that enables IT organizations to manage and secure devices, applications, and data through a cloud-based platform. Intune delivers a seamless and secure experience for users while helping organizations protect against threats such as data leakage, application infiltration, and corporate espionage. It supports multiple platforms (Windows, iOS, Android) and integrates deeply with Microsoft’s cloud ecosystem, leveraging cutting-edge Azure technologies.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack to join our Certificate Authority (CA) and Client Agents Management team within Intune, building both cloud services and client components that operate at high scale and with high reliability. As a senior member of the team, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable and resilient software across distributed services and client agents, drive technical strategy for certificate lifecycle and agent management at enterprise scale, and mentor engineers across the stack. We’re looking for someone who is passionate about applying AI as a force multiplier in everyday engineering workflows—improving developer productivity, test automation, telemetry-driven insights, and operational excellence—and who can identify and drive continuous productivity improvements across teams.

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.

Required/minimum 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 designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices
• 3+ years of experience applying distributed systems concepts such as concurrency, conflict resolution, and consensus algorithms to build resilient and maintainable back-end architectures.​
• 3+ years of experience building systems with emphasis on reliability, durability, and operational efficiency, including experience with live site operations, incident response, and performance optimization.​

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 6+ 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 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices
• 5+ years of experience applying distributed systems concepts such as concurrency, conflict resolution, and consensus algorithms to build resilient and maintainable back-end architectures.​
• 5+ years of experience building systems with emphasis on reliability, durability, and operational efficiency, including experience with live site operations, incident response, and performance optimization.​
• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on distributed systems, high-scale engineering, and cloud computing
• In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, design principles, scalability patterns, and high-availability architectures
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP
• Experience with big data processing frameworks such as Apache Spark and Azure Synapse Analytics

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 14, 2025.

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• Lead architecture and design discussions for Ring 0 services, ensuring security, reliability, and scalability.
• Define and drive the technical roadmap and vision for Ring 0 services, aligning with Intune’s overall strategy.
• Partner with product management to shape priorities and backlogs based on business and technical goals.
• Design, implement, and deploy distributed systems and client components with high availability and performance.
• Deliver clean, maintainable, and secure code, and provide rigorous code reviews to uphold engineering standards.
• Mentor Early-in-Profession engineers, guiding them through complex projects and fostering growth.
• Create and maintain technical documentation to promote best practices and knowledge transfer across teams.
• Investigate emerging technologies and assess their applicability to Intune’s distributed systems and services.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (PM, design, operations) to deliver customer-focused solutions.
• Communicate technical vision and roadmap effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Champion the use of AI-driven tools and workflows to accelerate development, testing, and operational efficiency.
• Advocate for AI adoption across teams, identifying opportunities to enhance productivity and deliver better outcomes.
  • Embody our culture and values