New 
Software Engineer: Security Intern Opportunities for University Students, Redmond
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Aug 19, 2025 | |
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OverviewCome build community, explore your passions and do your best work at Microsoft with thousands of University interns from every corner of the world. This opportunity will allow you to bring your aspirations, talent, potential-and excitement for the journey ahead. As a Software Engineering Intern focused on security, you'll collaborate with teammates to solve real problems and ship innovative software. You'll help raise the security bar by designing, building, and testing secure and maintainable code, adopting Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices-including secure coding, identity/authNauthZ, compliance tooling, and threat modeling-as part of how you build. You'll learn new tools and frameworks quickly, apply customer obsession, and look for opportunities to improve reliability, performance, and security at scale. At Microsoft, Interns work on real-world projects in collaboration with teams across the world, while having fun along the way. You'll be empowered to build community, explore your passions and achieve your goals. This is your chance to bring your solutions and ideas to life while working on cutting-edge technology. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. Please note this application is only for internships based in our Redmond, Washington office. For internships in other offices in the United States, please see our Careers site.
ResponsibilitiesApplies engineering principles and secure coding standards to solve complex problems through sound and creative engineering. Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature. Keeps abreast of security technologies and emerging security best practices to apply continuous secure improvements to systems of focus. 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. Understands and applies Microsoft's security policies and best practices to ensure systems meet our security and trust commitments to our customers. Reviews current security developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, security, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale. | |