Microsoft
Senior Security Researcher
$120K–$304K
Redmond, WA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum: 3+ years with a master’s degree or 4+ years with a bachelor’s degree; doctorate is an alternative. Preferred: 3+ years with a doctorate, 6+ years with a master’s, or 8+ years with a bachelor’s degree. Equivalent experience is accepted.
- Education
- Doctorate, master’s, or bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Security, or a related field; or equivalent experience.
About the job
Conduct offensive security research and build AI-driven systems to discover, validate, and help remediate vulnerabilities across Microsoft products, cloud services, and open-source software.
What you'll do
- Research and analyze vulnerabilities across products, cloud services, and open-source ecosystems.
- Develop scalable automation, AI-driven systems, and tooling for vulnerability discovery, triage, and remediation.
- Collaborate on vulnerability mitigation and offensive security assessments; publish technical findings and influence software systems.
What they ask for
- Doctorate in a relevant field; or a relevant master’s degree and 3+ years of specified experience; or a relevant bachelor’s degree and 4+ years of specified experience; or equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet required Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including passing the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- Doctorate and 3+ years, master’s degree and 6+ years, or bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of specified experience; or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated vulnerability research, exploit development, reverse engineering, or offensive security research (including disclosed CVEs or advisories); or participation in recognized security competitions or research programs.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary); USD $142,800 - $274,800 per year (base salary); USD $188,000 - $304,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
MDASH, AI
AI focus
Build and use AI-driven vulnerability discovery platforms, automated exploit generation, and AI-powered security workflows.
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