Microsoft
Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly
$120K–$261K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Reston, VA - Experience
- Required: 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding. Preferred alternatives: 6+ years with a master's degree, or 8+ years with a bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build and operate scalable, reliable cloud security services for Microsoft Defender in government environments.
What you'll do
- Build and improve scalable, highly reliable services and engineering systems for complex cloud environments.
- Design and automate service-scale features and customer requirements; investigate and fix pre-production and production issues.
- Participate in an on-call rotation, typically 24/7 for one week every 6–8 weeks, within a secure facility.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding, or equivalent experience.
- Coding experience in one or more of: C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with SCI access based on an SSBI with Polygraph.
- Meet required security screenings, pass the Microsoft Cloud background check, and verify U.S. citizenship.
Nice to have
- Master's degree and 6+ years of technical engineering experience, or bachelor's degree and 8+ years, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with CI/CD and Git; exposure to Docker, Kubernetes or other containerization technologies, and large-scale production services.
Pay
USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year (base salary); USD $160,200 - $261,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Git, Docker
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