Microsoft
Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly
$102K–$219K
Redmond, WA +1 · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Reston, VA - Experience
- 2+ years technical engineering experience; equivalent experience is an alternative to the stated degree requirement.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires verified U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
About the job
Build and operate secure Azure AI services and deployment automation for air-gapped and sovereign cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and maintain software features and service components supporting Azure AI capabilities.
- Develop automation for deployment, release validation, and monitoring; improve service observability and resolve issues.
- Own scoped improvements through design, testing, and deployment, collaborating across Azure AI and participating in on-call rotations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years technical engineering experience coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to SCI based on an SSBI with Polygraph.
- U.S. citizenship; must pass required security screening and Microsoft Cloud background check.
Nice to have
- Experience with backend services, APIs, cloud platforms, distributed systems, containers, CI/CD, automated testing, or troubleshooting using telemetry and debugging tools.
- Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes.
Pay
USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year (base salary); USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year (base salary)
Tools
Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Services, C#, Python, GitHub Copilot, Kubernetes
AI focus
Build and operate Azure AI capabilities in secure, air-gapped and sovereign cloud environments; use approved AI-assisted development tools, including GitHub Copilot, for prototyping, coding, testing, and debugging.
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