Overview

Microsoft Development Center in Prague is hiring Senior Software Engineers across its Microsoft Security teams. Based in Czechia, you’ll join Microsoft Entra, the identity and network access platform behind Microsoft’s Zero Trust strategy—powering secure access for any identity to any resource, anywhere across hybrid and multicloud environments. The team protects identities, access, and trust at massive scale (billions of authentications daily) with availability targets exceeding 99.99%. As a Software Engineer, you’ll build highly reliable, secure systems at the core of Microsoft’s cloud, collaborating across Security, Azure, and Microsoft 365.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Guided by a growth mindset and a strong securityfirst culture, we innovate with integrity, collaborate openly, and create inclusive environments where everyone can thrive—at work and beyond.

Responsibilities-
Design, develop, test, and maintain robust highquality software systems, components and services

• Write clean, efficient, and welltested code following Microsoft engineering best practices

• Be available for on-call rotations.

• Collaborate with crossfunctional partners including Product Management, Design, and other Engineering teams

• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and oncall rotations as needed

• Debug, and resolve complex issues across development and production environments by identifying root causes and implementing durable solutions

• Continuously improve engineering processes, quality, and system reliability

• Proactively seek opportunities to enhance system and service availability, reliability, resiliency, efficiency, and performance.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Experience with one or more OOP languages including but not limited to: C#, Java, C/C++, JavaScript, Python.

• Good system design, algorithmic skills, good knowledge of data structures​.

• Participated in code reviews to ensure coding standards and best practices are followed

• Experience in improving the quality and security of a product feature through testing (like unit, integration, and system testing)

• Proficient problem solving and debugging skills​

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience designing and delivering scalable, reliable software systems

• Practical experience with IaC(Infrastructure as a Code)

• Experience with distributed systems, cloud services, or largescale production environments

• Experience working with SQL-like query languages.

• Ability to independently drive technical solutions and contribute to system architecture discussions

• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies.

Other Requirements:

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.

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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 with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.