Microsoft
Software Engineer II - CTJ - POLY
$102K–$219K
Redmond, WA +2 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jan 8, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Reston, VA
Atlanta, GA - Experience
- 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding, or equivalent experience. Preferred alternatives: Master's Degree and 3+ years, or Bachelor's Degree and 5+ years, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizenship is required and will be verified.
About the job
Build and operate reliable, scalable services for Commerce + Ecosystems in dedicated clouds, using telemetry, troubleshooting, and automation to improve distributed systems.
What you'll do
- Design and operate reliable, scalable, high-performance services; use telemetry to identify operational improvements.
- Develop scripts and automation to resolve complex issues, prevent recurrence, and monitor distributed systems.
- Partner with internal customers and engineering teams on root cause analysis, security, compliance, and service expertise.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in a listed language, or equivalent experience.
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to SCI, based on an SSBI with Polygraph.
- Meet required Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud background check.
- U.S. citizenship; verification is required.
Nice to have
- Experience with Azure services, PowerShell, Python, automation frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of distributed systems, cloud architecture, incident management, and security and compliance practices.
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, Azure, PowerShell
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