Software Engineer

Microsoft

2 - 5 years

Hyderabad

Posted: 14/10/2025

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Job Description

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 (Mail, Teams, Sharepoint, OneDrive). MDO provides investigation, threat hunting and remediation capabilities that allow security teams to efficiently identify, prioritize, investigate, and respond to threats. Our mission is to stay ahead of attackers by continuously evolving our detection and prevention capabilities using advanced machine learning, heuristics, and big data analytics.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications 

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.

1+ years of experience with distributed systems or security and compliance platforms.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

Proficient in Azure Cloud PaaS services and data platform technologies

Responsibilities

Our team is looking for passionate engineers at Software Engineering II level to join our team. You will be responsible for

Low level design and deliver on MDO data platform to analyze email flow and provide insights on potential threats

Design, implement, test, and deliver the analytical capabilities that improve researcher agility, MDO level reporting framework and Email threat protection capabilities at edge.

Embody our culture and values and demonstrate customer obsession, quality and security.

About Company

Microsoft Corporation is a leading American multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is best known for its software products, including the Windows operating system, Microsoft Office Suite, and Azure cloud services. The company also produces hardware like the Surface devices and owns LinkedIn, GitHub, and the Xbox gaming brand. Microsoft is one of the world's most valuable companies, playing a key role in personal computing, enterprise software, AI, and cloud computing.