About the Role:

Hiring: Senior Software Engineer - Firmware Security / Compiler Engineering (C++ | LLVM | Fuzzing | AI)

Location:Hybrid (Redmond, WA)

Are you passionate aboutsystems programming, firmware security, compiler technology, and AI-assisted security analysis? We're hiring aSenior Software Engineerto help build a next-generation firmware security analysis platform withinAzure Hardware Security.

This is a rare opportunity to work at the intersection ofLLVM, C/C++, fuzzing, static analysis, and Large Language Models (LLMs)to automate vulnerability discovery across firmware at enterprise scale.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop firmware security analysis pipelines usingC/C++,LLVM, andPython.
• Build compiler transformations and preprocessing pipelines that convert firmware into LLVM IR for automated analysis.
• Develop and enhancefuzzing frameworksto discover security vulnerabilities.
• Improve static analysis, crash triage, call graph generation, and AI-assisted vulnerability detection.
• Collaborate with compiler engineers, security researchers, and Azure platform teams.
• Contribute to CI/CD automation, testing, documentation, and open-source engineering initiatives.

Required Skills

• 7+ years of professionalC/C++ systems programmingexperience.
• 5+ years of LLVM / Compiler Engineeringexperience.
• 3-5+ years working withsecurity fuzzingtools such aslibFuzzer, AFL, AFL++, or similar.
• Strong understanding of software security, memory safety vulnerabilities, and root cause analysis.
• Python scripting and automation experience.
• Experience with Git-based development workflows.

Preferred Skills

• Firmware or Embedded Systems development.
• CodeQL or other static analysis platforms.
• Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), MMIO, rehosting, or cross-compilation.
• AI/LLM integration into engineering workflows.
• Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines.
• Open-source project contributions.

Why Join?

• Work on a cutting-edge Azure Hardware Security initiative.
• Build AI-powered security tooling from the ground up.
• Collaborate with world-class compiler, firmware, and security experts.
• Opportunity to contribute to a future open-source platform with industry-wide impact.

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $170,000 - $180,000 annually. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [12-15 days of paid vacation time] [6-8 weeks of paid parental leave after a year of service] [9 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System] [Tuition Reimbursement Program]

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Preferred Skills

LLVM

• Complier Engineering
• Libfuzzer
• AFL
• AFL++
• C++