Vacancy title:
Software Engineer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Information Technology, Category: Computer & IT]

Jobs at:
Microsoft

Deadline of this Job:
Friday, August 8 2025

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Friday, August 1 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer in the Identity division, you’ll work on building foundational and abstract services that serve as reusable building blocks supporting multiple Entra products in communication, notification and more. These services power mission-critical identity workloads like authentication, authorization, governance, and hybrid identity all while meeting demanding requirements around scale, reliability, latency, and security.

• Contribute to critical components of Microsoft Entra, such as Identity Governance Notification and more.
• Help build and operate cloud-scale distributed systems that require high availability, low latency, and world-class security.
• Learn from and collaborate with experienced engineers and leaders in identity, cloud, and security domains.
• Write robust, maintainable code and automated tests that ensure quality, reliability, and resilience.
• Participate in all stages of the development lifecycle from planning and design to deployment and production support.
• Troubleshoot live site issues as part of a collaborative on-call rotation, contributing to service health and customer trust.
• Grow your technical and professional skills through mentorship, training, and real-world impact.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field OR equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ year of professional software development experience in languages like C#, Java, Go, or Python.
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming.
• Experience building or working with RESTful APIs or distributed systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest in security, identity, or infrastructure. Familiarity with DevOps practices such as CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and diagnostics.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a growth mindset.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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