Software Engineer II

Microsoft

Confirmed live yesterday High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
Redmond, WAReston, VAJessup, MD
Posted
10 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Mar 22, 2027

Market check

Salary context

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $152k
$100k most similar roles pay here $206k

This listing doesn't post a salary. Most similar roles pay $128,437–$175,438.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

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 557 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 537 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Microsoft

At a glance

TL;DR · Software Engineer II

Software Engineer II - CTJ- POLY joins the Azure AI Platform air gapped engineering team to build secure, scalable, and mission-critical infrastructure for sensitive cloud environments. This role involves developing foundational services that power Azure Machine Learning, Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, and Microsoft Foundry capabilities across sovereign and commercial clouds. The engineer will perform full-stack AI-native development, utilizing artificial intelligence tools throughout the software development lifecycle to accelerate production quality and solve complex technical problems. Key responsibilities include writing extensible code, conducting thorough code reviews, designing scalable architectures, and implementing automated test strategies. The role requires expertise in telemetry, logging, security as code, and infrastructure automation. You will manage live site operations, participate in on-call rotations, and ensure system reliability while navigating the complexities of high-impact AI systems within a rapidly evolving technological landscape.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Washington?

Median $207500 from 315 postings across 35 companies.

See salary data

What you'll do

  • Develop and maintain scalable, secure infrastructure for Azure AI services in air-gapped and sovereign cloud environments.
  • Integrate AI tools into the software development lifecycle to accelerate production and ensure high-quality code output.
  • Write extensible, maintainable code while ensuring it meets standards for performance, reliability, and security.
  • Design system architectures and technical specifications that meet scalability requirements and compliance standards.
  • Create and execute comprehensive test strategies, including automated testing and security validation, to prevent regressions.
  • Implement "security as code" by establishing guardrails, monitoring telemetry, and ensuring data privacy across all features.
  • Automate deployment processes and manage production releases using feature flags and controlled rollout strategies.
  • Participate in on-call rotations to monitor live services, troubleshoot incidents, and improve system observability.

What we're looking for

  • Uses artificial intelligence tools and practices across the software development lifecycle in a disciplined manner.
  • Develops, tests, and maintains code that is extensible, maintainable, and follows security best practices.
  • Performs code reviews to ensure quality, test coverage, and adherence to security and compliance standards.
  • Designs system architectures and features considering performance, scalability, reliability, and cost of goods sold.
  • Creates and executes comprehensive test strategies including automated testing and security validation.
  • Implements automation for production deployment and manages infrastructure for private builds in production-like environments.
  • Monitors live site services on a rotational basis as a designated responsible individual (DRI).
  • Integrates logging, instrumentation, and telemetry to monitor system behavior and security concerns.

More like this

Similar roles

Software Engineer II

Microsoft

Reston, VA +2 14 days ago
Azure GenAI Python C++ C# Java JavaScript C SDLC Telemetry Security as Code SLA Data Science Feature Flags Monitoring Automation
2+ yrs exp

Software Engineer II

Microsoft

Reston, VA +1 14 days ago
Distributed Systems Security Engineering GenAI SDLC Telemetry Test Automation SLA Monitoring Dashboards Feature Flags System Architecture Security as Code Incident Response

Software Engineer II

Microsoft

Redmond, WA 3 days ago
C C++ C# Java JavaScript Python GenAI SDLC Telemetry Security as Code SLA Feature Flags cyber-security
2+ yrs exp

Software Engineer II

Microsoft

21 days ago $102,100–$202,200
Azure Python C# C++ Java JavaScript Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Cloud Infrastructure Distributed Systems GitHub Copilot Telemetry Monitoring Automation
2+ yrs exp Hybrid

Software Engineer II

Microsoft

17 days ago $102,100–$202,200
Azure C C++ C# Java JavaScript Python Telemetry Data Analytics ITIL load-balancing Caching Queuing
2+ yrs exp Hybrid

Software Engineer II

Microsoft

17 days ago $102,100–$202,200
C C++ C# Java JavaScript Python Distributed Systems PSTN Ansible CI/CD Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Telemetry SRE AI-assisted Development
2+ yrs exp Hybrid