The Senior Software Engineer role within the Perception Team at Microsoft focuses on building AI-native systems and services to address cybersecurity challenges at an enterprise scale. The team aims to create innovative solutions that protect customers from cyber threats while fostering a collaborative and agile work environment. This position requires a strong background in software engineering and a passion for developing impactful AI features. The role emphasizes teamwork with product management, security research, and data science teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline AND 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in one or more languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
• Hands-on experience with programming languages such as Python, C#, Java, C++, or equivalent languages.

• Design and build AI-native systems and services that address real-world cybersecurity problems at enterprise scale.
• Architect, implement, and evolve end-to-end AI solutions, including model integration, orchestration, and system-level decision-making.
• Evaluate, compare, and integrate different AI models, approaches, and architectures to select the right solution for each security scenario.
• Build and operate agentic AI systems that can reason, plan, and act across complex security workflows.
• Operationalize AI capabilities by focusing on reliability, scalability, observability, cost efficiency, and safe deployment in production environments.
• Leverage modern AI technologies such as large language models, embeddings, vector stores, and retrieval-augmented generation to solve complex security challenges.
• Contribute across the full lifecycle of AI features, from design and implementation through production deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Support, mentor, and collaborate with other engineers.
• Partner closely with Product Management, Security Research, and Data Science teams to deliver high-impact solutions.

• Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.