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Senior Software Engineering

Senior Software Engineering

Microsoft

8 years

0 Lacs

hyderabad telangana

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software engineering filtering service collaboration sharepoint onedrive remediation security communication flow development agile azure compliance ml ai oauth data design maintenance network regulations

Work Mode

Remote

Job Type

Full Time

Job Description

Senior Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Date posted

Aug 26, 2025

Job number

1864083

Work site

Up to 50% work from home

Travel

0-25 %

Role type

Individual Contributor

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

In Microsoft Defender for Office (MDO) team, we are responsible for delivering a cloud-based email and message filtering service that protects customers from advanced threats (malware, phish, fraud and spam) in Microsoft’s collaboration workloads (exchange, teams, sharepoint, onedrive etc). MDO provides investigation, threat hunting and remediation capabilities that allow security teams to efficiently identify, prioritize, investigate, and respond to threats

Qualifications

Successful candidates need to exhibit below attributes to succeed in this role:

Strong desire to succeed and motivate others.
Demonstrate strong analytic and big picture capabilities in problem solving approaches.
Deep understanding of security fundamentals
Proven ability to execute swiftly without compromising quality.
Versatility and willingness to work with constantly changing priorities with enthusiasm.
Ensure appropriate and effective communication flow among internal and external stakeholders.

Experience & Education qualifications

Bachelors or Masters in computer science, engineering or equivalent
8+ years of software development experience with C#, C++ or Java
5+ years of professional experience in building and managing highly scalable, secure, available and resilient Tier-0 cloud services
Working in agile teams with strong customer focus
Experience in Azure, Exchange, or other cloud and distributed systems
Security or compliance experience
ML and AI knowledge
Depth understanding of technologies / standards in cloud services and security domain e.g. OAUTH, ODATA, open source web technologies, big data platforms etc.

Responsibilities

Our team is seeking passionate senior software engineers to help deliver protections and experiences for Microsoft defender suite’s collaboration scenarios. In this role you will be responsible for helping design, architect, build, release and manage some of the core security solutions of M365. You will be partnering with multiple internal / external teams across the organization and across disciplines to lead the ongoing innovation, adoption, and evolution of the services. Few things expected

Designing and delivering manageable micro services end to end
Distributed computation, high scale, high availability, geo-redundancy, low maintenance and with provable quality
Able to handle large scope and complicated feature ownerships by working with teams across disciplines
Deeper understanding of security domain and being able to make appropriate trade-offs in design, implementation, and operation

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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Industry leading healthcare

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Savings and investments

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Maternity and paternity leave

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Generous time away

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Opportunities to network and connect

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.

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