Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
Location: —
Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Closes: Dec 6, 2026

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This role $177k

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly | Microsoft Careers

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As a Senior Software Engineer, you will join a dynamic team responsible for maintaining and enhancing Azure cloud products that support critical customer workloads. Your role involves reviewing code and test coverage to ensure high standards of performance, maintainability, and cost-effectiveness while continuously improving these aspects through iterative feedback. You will also lead incident retrospectives to identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and prevent future occurrences by applying least-access principles and leveraging logging and telemetry for issue investigation while maintaining privacy and security. This position requires an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph, reflecting the high-security context of the work environment.

Skills

Azure Python CI/CD Docker Kubernetes Terraform PostgreSQL Git GitHub Jenkins Ansible Prometheus Grafana Linux RESTful APIs JSON YAML SSL/TLS OAuth OpenAPI/Swagger

What you'll do

Reviews and improves product code to meet team standards and enhance performance.
Conducts incident retrospectives to identify root causes and implement preventive measures.
Applies least-access principles and uses logging, telemetry for issue investigation.
Drives privacy and security practices across the development and operations teams.
Ensures continuous improvement in test coverage and maintainability of software solutions.

What we're looking for

Must hold active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with SCI access.
Reviews and improves product code for performance, testability, maintainability, effectiveness, and cost.
Conducts incident retrospectives to identify root causes and prevent recurrence.
Applies least-access principles and uses logging/telemetry for issue investigation while maintaining privacy and security.
Drives best practices in logging, telemetry, and other mechanisms across the team.

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