Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft's Azure Frontdoor WAF team is expanding to meet growing security demands. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you'll be developing and operating the Web Application Firewall, building robust services to safeguard customers and platform systems at various networking layers. The role involves writing super-scalable, maintainable, and efficient code that processes terabits of traffic per second.

The Azure Front Door service offers globally distributed, internet-facing solutions for acceleration, caching, protection, and traffic processing. You'll work on Layer 7 and Layer 3/4 networking to detect and prevent malicious activities, mitigate DDoS attacks, and build innovative protection systems.

This position offers the opportunity to work on multiple stack layers, innovate, and collaborate with various partner teams to deliver complex solutions. The team builds services that handle requests with extremely low latency at high scale, processing millions of requests per second with exceptional reliability.

The role provides flexibility with a hybrid work model, offering up to 50% work from home. You'll be part of Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organization globally, working in a culture that values respect, integrity, and accountability. The position requires strong technical skills in languages like C, C++, RUST, or Java, with experience in Linux environments and distributed systems.

Benefits include industry-leading healthcare, educational resources, investment options, parental leave, and opportunities for professional growth. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers passionate about building secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and protecting Microsoft's global customer base.