Overview
USD 100,600.00 - 199,000.00 per year
Full Time
Skills
Art
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
FOCUS
Collaboration
Accountability
Design Patterns
Research
Artificial Intelligence
Mentorship
Computer Science
C
C++
JavaScript
C#
Java
Python
Screening
PASS
Cloud Computing
Penetration Testing
Malware Analysis
Threat Modeling
Software Engineering
IC
Integrated Circuit
Internal Communications
Legal
Recruiting
Microsoft
Job Details
The Cloud & AI 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.
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 Software Engineer II who is 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 TTPs, 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 strong 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.
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
Qualifications:
Required/minimum qualifications:
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: ;br>
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 6, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
#mrtjobs
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.
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 Software Engineer II who is 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 TTPs, 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 strong 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.
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
Qualifications:
Required/minimum 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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of experience programming in modern back-end languages such as C#, Java, Go, or Python.
- 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 thereafter.
- 1+ years of experience in red teaming, pen testing, offensive security, malware development, or threat modelling
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: ;br>
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 6, 2025.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
#mrtjobs
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