Microsoft
Software Engineer II and Senior Software Engineer
$102K–$261K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Nov 2, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
United States - Experience
- 2+ years required; 4+ years listed as an additional qualification; equivalent experience is accepted.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Build and operate distributed CI/CD services that provision compute resources and help Microsoft and external customers build, test, and release software at scale.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, optimize, and maintain distributed services and CI/CD infrastructure.
- Collaborate on requirements, designs, estimates, and project and release plans.
- Monitor service health, participate in on-call operations, and lead incident response and service restoration.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years technical engineering experience coding in a listed language, or equivalent experience.
- Meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Nice to have
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years technical engineering experience coding in a listed language, or equivalent experience.
- Proficiency in C#; experience building distributed services at scale; strong proficiency with Azure services or other cloud services.
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, Azure, VMs
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