Microsoft
Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly
$102K–$219K
United States +2 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Mar 25, 2026
- Location
- United States
Redmond, WA
Reston, VA - Experience
- 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding; preferred alternatives include 4+ years with a bachelor's degree, or 2+ years with a master's degree.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Designs and supports secure, reliable cloud-scale services and platform components for Microsoft and customer-facing environments, including highly regulated and mission-critical systems.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, test, and maintain cloud-scale services and security, compliance, management, and reliability features.
- Collaborate with partner teams and investigate live-site issues to maintain service health and reliability.
- Apply secure-by-design practices, including threat modeling, and participate in 24x7 on-call rotations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 2+ 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 screening requirements; U.S. citizenship verification is required.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting large-scale production services, including logging, monitoring, alerting, reliability, and availability.
- Hands-on DevOps experience or experience in cloud security disciplines such as detection engineering or vulnerability management.
Pay
USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year (base salary); USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python
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