Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft; Toronto; On-site; CAD 114,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company based in Toronto is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for its M365 Security team. The role involves designing and developing scalable cloud services to enhance privacy and security, with a focus on innovative solutions. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and extensive coding experience across multiple programming languages. The position offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Industry leading healthcare

Educational resources

Discounts on products and services

Savings and investments

Maternity and paternity leave

Generous time away

Giving programs

Opportunities to network and connect

Qualifications

• 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding.
• 2+ years of experience building scalable cloud services.
• Knowledge of detection tooling and static analysis.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prevent privacy-brittle software patterns.
• Extend patented cloud-hosted serverless services.
• Improve application privacy maturity by designing automated solutions.
• Build strong relationships with product and security teams.

Skills

C

C++

C#

Java

JavaScript

Python

Large Language Models

Prompt Engineering

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Job description

Overview

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. Microsoft is one of the largest enterprise service companies in the world.

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our M365 Security engineering team. In this role, you will design, develop, test and maintain world-class, scalable, and reliable cloud services that are built to continually enhance and support the privacy and security posture of M365 code bases, while also creating innovative solutions to help our products protect against common patterns that lead to data leaks. You\'ll also be able to leverage AI and build Copilot technologies to stay ahead, enhancing our ability to innovate and protect.

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.

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Qualifications

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.
• 2+ years of experience building scalable, efficient, and reliable cloud services.

Preferred Qualifications :

• Experience or knowledge of detection tooling or static analysis, and associated metrics for measuring success
• Experience with utilizing Large Language Models and Prompt Engineering
• 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C# or Java OR equivalent experience

Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $114,400 - CAD $203,900 per year.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until September 23rd, 2025.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prevent privacy-brittle software patterns, cross-tenant data leaks, and privacy failures in M365 codebases and services.
• Extend and innovate on a patented cloud-hosted serverless service that detects privacy brittle patterns and informs customers of risks.
• Improve application privacy maturity at scale by designing, implementing, and building scalable and automated solutions.
• Building prototypes and proof-of-concept code, working alongside the engineering teams to provide advice on privacy focused design and implementation.
• Build strong relationships with product and security teams within M365, providing recommendations to strengthen the development process and improve Microsoft Data Privacy competency.
• Research new and emerging technologies, assessing their privacy risks and benefits.
• Collaborate with teams to perform and validate root cause analysis of failures, automate prevention, and identify common causes.

Benefits

Benefits / perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work. Industry leading healthcare Educational resources Discounts on products and services Savings and investments Maternity and paternity leave Generous time away Giving programs Opportunities to network and connect