Maksym Mishchenko
Software Engineer II @ Microsoft Security
Summary
Software Engineer II at Microsoft Security, working on Identity & Application Governance. 5+ years of experience building backend systems, developer tooling, and security-focused infrastructure across financial services and enterprise software. Originally from Ukraine, based in Prague.
Experience
Stora Enso
2019Java Developer — invoice processing, land management systems
- Built and maintained Java business-system features for invoice processing and land-management workflows.
- Worked on enterprise data flows where reliability, traceability, and business correctness mattered.
EPAM Systems
2022SW Engineer → Senior SE — DevEx, licensing & package management in CI/CD (financial services)
- Delivered developer-experience work around CI/CD, licensing, and package-management workflows for financial-services environments.
- Progressed from Software Engineer to Senior Software Engineer while working across enterprise delivery constraints.
Microsoft Security
2025Software Engineer II — Identity & Application Governance, Prague
- Work on Identity & Application Governance systems in Microsoft Security.
- Focus on governance, trust boundaries, secure enterprise workflows, and practical security controls.
Selected Projects
mcpgate
Security gateway for MCP tool calls with policy enforcement, audit trails, and reverse-channel prompt-injection defenses.
mmishchenko.dev
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