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Senior Software Engineer (Infra) - Defender for Cloud Apps (Tel Aviv)

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Microsoft

Software Engineering
Posted on Mar 14, 2025

Senior Software Engineer (Infra) – Defender for Cloud Apps (Tel Aviv)

Tel Aviv, Israel

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Date posted
Mar 13, 2025
Job number
1786425
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

We at Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (formerly MCAS) are developing the next generation of SaaS security tools for data that is outside your network, and firewalls and perimeters don't work. Our technology allows organizations to protect their data in SaaS apps from any location, device, or network.

Defender for Cloud Apps is the most used service for protecting SaaS apps used by enterprises worldwide. And it's all being developed here, in Israel.

Are you an excellent teammate, looking to work in a lively, dynamic environment, where you can contribute, learn, and influence? Are you passionate about developing state-of-the-art engineering systems? Join our team of engineers to develop cutting edge detection and remediation systems. Be a part of defining and shaping the next big leap in the product's journey and all that - in our Tel Aviv office!

Our team values diversity of all types in candidates for our roles and we strive to hire people with different experiences and perspectives into our team. To that end, we know that no candidate has every desired skill and experience, but all of us together makes our team strong.

Qualifications

Required skills:

  • B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Computer Science, Software and Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
  • 8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer (SWE) or site reliability engineer (SRE) building large-scale systems.
  • 4+ years of experience working on cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
  • Experience with distributed computing platforms for high-scale systems and massive amounts of data using Kubernetes.
  • Working experience in Java (or equivalent).
  • Experience with continuous integration and deployment tools.
  • Excellent teammate skills, effectiveness both in independent and collaborative work.
  • Ability to learn and use new technologies.
  • Ability to understand complex distributed systems and to know your way around them.

Desired skills:

  • Experience with databases (MongoDB, Cosmos DB, Redis, Azure Data Explorer preferred).
  • Operational experience in improving Service Reliability, Availability and Performance
  • Extensive troubleshooting and debugging experience, coupled with the ability to understand and reason about interactions between complex systems.

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Responsibilities

As an engineer on our team, you will be working on cutting edge technologies to deliver exciting new features that impact and protect millions of users, with cross-team and cross-discipline collaboration. You will work closely with other engineers and be part of a fast-moving development team - and will have a role in mentoring your peers and helping them succeed, with your proven expertise in the platform/infra development domain. You will be expected to apply a critical view of our infrastructure, technologies and development process, proactively pushing to improve the product and engineering excellence. You will be part of a feature team that is onboarding to owning the infra side of things and will act as a subject matter expert within the team.


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

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.