Software Engineering Intern

Software Engineering Intern – Security & Identity

Microsoft

About the Role

This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential, and excitement for the journey ahead. As a Software Engineering Intern – Security & Identity, you will help build secure systems and services that protect users, data, devices, and cloud infrastructure. You will work on technologies related to authentication, authorization, identity, governance, compliance, and secure software development. You will collaborate with engineers to identify risks, strengthen defenses, and build solutions that help customers operate securely in an increasingly connected world. This opportunity will enable you to develop expertise in security engineering while contributing to technologies that support trust, privacy, and resilience at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Applies engineering principles to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineering.
• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
• Quickly learns new engineering methods and incorporates them into work processes.
• Seeks feedback and applies internal or industry best practices to improve technical solutions.
• Demonstrates skill in time management and completing software projects in a cooperative team environment.
• Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• C#, Java, Go, Rust, Python, or similar languages
• Cybersecurity, networking, operating systems, or secure software development coursework or experience
• Familiarity with identity and access management concepts, authentication, authorization, RBAC, or governance controls
• Interest in threat modeling, secure coding practices, compliance, cloud security, and protecting large-scale services

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with at least one semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship.
• OR currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field with at least one semester/term remaining following the completion of the internship.
• 1+ year(s) of programming experience.
• 6+ months of experience in delivering projects in teams.
• 1+ year(s) of experience in developing and applying data structures and algorithms.