This role pays more than
66%
of similar roles. Most pay
$124,000–$175,500
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$152k
versus about
$150k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Microsoft
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
Microsoft currently has
598 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$119,800–$234,700
across 586 roles with salary data.
Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly will join a combined DevOps team within the Microsoft Defender engineering group to support sovereign and government cloud environments. The role involves building and improving scalable, reliable services while managing infrastructure development, application architecture, and data platform design. Day-to-day responsibilities include investigating production issues, automating service scale features, and participating in an on-call rotation to ensure high stability and performance for critical security systems. Candidates should possess experience with C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with proficiency in scripting languages. Preferred skills include Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD concepts, Windows and Linux systems, and Azure DevOps tools. This position addresses the challenge of providing holistic protection within complex government environments by delivering high-scale cloud solutions to defend against evolving cyber threats across diverse infrastructure landscapes.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.
C
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
Python
CI/CD
Git
Windows
Linux
Kubernetes
Azure DevOps
GitHub
Logging
Monitoring
Alerting
Service Architecture
Infrastructure Development