Software Engineer II | Microsoft Careers

Microsoft

Quick summary

Work type: On-site
Location: Redmond, WA
Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 1 day ago
Closes: Dec 1, 2026

Market check

Salary context

Competitive pay

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $174k

This role $152k

$90k most similar roles pay here $214k

This role pays less than 55% of similar roles. Most pay $147,500–$199,900 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $174k for comparable roles.

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 728 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $119,800–$234,700 across 664 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Microsoft

At a glance

TL;DR · Software Engineer II | Microsoft Careers

Apply Now Log in to save

Join the Identity and Access Management (IAM) team as an engineer at Entra ID to drive innovation in the Groups vertical, shaping internet-scale services and event processing pipelines built on Microsoft Graph. You will tackle hard problems in cloud security, focusing on availability, performance, and scale while applying modern AI practices to critical identity systems. Your day-to-day involves collaborating with product managers and engineers to deliver features, designing large-scale distributed software, and optimizing test automation and monitoring for production services. The role requires expertise in languages like C#, Java, or Python, experience with cloud computing technologies, and a strong background in developing high-scale distributed systems. This position offers visibility across Microsoft and the identity community, opportunities for learning and mentorship, and the chance to impact hundreds of millions of users through cutting-edge engineering practices.

Skills

Python JavaScript C# Java Azure Microsoft Graph Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Git Terraform AWS Google Cloud Platform

What you'll do

Design and develop large-scale distributed software services for internet-scale operations.
Troubleshoot and optimize production service reliability, performance, and monitoring.
Drive modern software engineering practices through design reviews and implementation.
Ensure components are secure, reliable, diagnosable, maintainable, and actively monitored.
Implement integration tests to expose test coverage issues and resolve problem areas.
Focus on customer/partner needs using a data-driven approach in service development.

What we're looking for

Requires Master's degree in CS or related field with 4+ years of technical engineering experience, or Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of equivalent experience.
Proficient in coding languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Experience developing high-scale distributed systems on cloud platforms.
Expertise in cloud computing technologies and security.
Ability to design and develop large scale distributed software services.
Troubleshoot and optimize production service reliability, performance, and monitoring.

Save