Software Engineer II

Microsoft

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Work type
On-site
Location
Salary
$102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted
170 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Sep 21, 2026

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $150k
This role $152k
$90k most similar roles pay here $214k

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.

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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.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer II

As a Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly within the Sovereign Cloud Security team, you will design, implement, test, and maintain cloud-scale services and platform components for security-critical and highly regulated environments. You will build features supporting security, compliance, management, and reliability for both internal platforms and customer-facing offerings while participating in 24x7 on-call rotations to ensure service health. The role involves solving complex problems in distributed systems, security engineering, and reliability using a secure-by-design approach including threat modeling and defense-in-depth practices. You will utilize programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python while engaging with DevOps tools like CI/CD pipelines and source code management. This role addresses the technical challenge of securing mission-critical environments that demand high levels of trust and operational excellence in a cloud environment.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, implement, test, and maintain cloud-scale services for security-critical and regulated environments.
  • Build features that support security, compliance, management, and reliability for internal and customer-facing platforms.
  • Investigate and resolve live-site issues to ensure high service reliability and operational excellence.
  • Participate in 24x7 on-call rotations to respond to incidents and restore services quickly.
  • Apply secure-by-design principles, including threat modeling and defense-in-depth practices, throughout the development lifecycle.
  • Develop large-scale production services featuring logging, monitoring, and alerting systems.
  • Manage DevOps tasks including source code management, CI/CD pipelines, and peer code reviews.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
  • At least 2 years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on an SSBI with Polygraph.
  • Verification of U.S. citizenship is required due to legal restrictions for government agency support.
  • Experience building and supporting large-scale production services including logging, monitoring, alerting, and ensuring reliability.
  • Hands-on experience with DevOps systems, source code management, CI/CD pipelines, and code review tools.
  • Strong debugging skills across operating systems, applications, and cloud environments.
  • Familiarity with cloud computing, virtual machines, networking, and security disciplines like detection engineering or vulnerability management.

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