Microsoft
Sr. Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly
$120K–$261K
Reston, VA +1 · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- Reston, VA
Redmond, WA - Experience
- 4+ years technical engineering experience; preferred alternatives: 6+ years with a Master's Degree, or 8+ years with a Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
About the job
Leads development of secure, scalable data privacy software and infrastructure, including architecture, integration, operational readiness, and developer productivity.
What you'll do
- Lead architecture, design documentation, cross-team coordination, and integration of systems and services.
- Build maintainable, reliable, scalable software; guide experiments and promote engineering best practices.
- Embed monitoring and incident response, and improve developer tools and automation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years 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 Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements; pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
- U.S. citizenship, subject to verification.
Nice to have
- Recent working experience with backend engineering and software deployment.
- Experience in high-security, regulated, or cloud environments.
Pay
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
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