Microsoft
Software Engineer II
$102K–$261K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Feb 24, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
United States - Experience
- 2+ years of technical engineering experience; equivalent experience may substitute for the degree. Preferred experience includes 2+ years in system-level enterprise backend development and 2+ years building and supporting distributed cloud services.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Develops and operates Azure PostgreSQL database-engine features, contributing to areas such as query processing, recovery, storage, and distributed systems.
What you'll do
- Work with stakeholders to define feature requirements, contribute to architecture, and plan testing and quality assurance.
- Implement maintainable software and help operate live services, including rotational on-call support and issue mitigation.
- Improve engineering tools and contribute to open-source PostgreSQL and Linux or develop extensions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, or similar listed languages.
- Pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- 2+ years developing and shipping system-level features in an enterprise production backend server system.
- Experience with distributed cloud services, PostgreSQL or similar database internals, or distributed systems with strong guarantees.
Pay
USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year (base salary); USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year (base salary); 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, PostgreSQL, Linux
AI focus
Contributes to operational databases described as AI-enabled and to a data platform for AI applications; no specific AI development duties are stated.
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