Software Engineer II & Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

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Redmond, WA
Posted
45 days ago
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Nov 9, 2026
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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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Join the Identity Engineering team at Microsoft as a Software Engineer II or Senior Software Engineer, where you will contribute to mission-critical services for Azure, Office, Xbox, and Windows. You will lead the architecture and implementation of high-scale systems, ensuring durability, low latency, and minimal manual intervention through innovative service deployment strategies. Your role involves conducting deep triage and troubleshooting across cloud stacks, driving security improvements, defining requirements, and mentoring a diverse team. The position requires expertise in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in distributed systems and large-scale system design. This is an opportunity to work on internet-scale services that impact millions of users globally.

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Python C# Java JavaScript Kafka Docker CI/CD Azure AWS Terraform PostgreSQL SQL Linux Windows REST APIs OAuth SAML OpenID Connect Git Jenkins

What you'll do

  • Lead the architecture and implementation of high-scale services ensuring durability and low latency.
  • Innovate service deployment processes to minimize manual intervention and ensure reliability.
  • Conduct in-depth troubleshooting across cloud stack components for mission-critical workloads.
  • Drive security improvements for large-scale, mission-critical infrastructure.
  • Define requirements, KPIs, and priorities for engineering deliverables.
  • Mentor team members and contribute to their professional growth.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 5+ years of technical experience.
  • Proficiency in coding languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, and Python.
  • Experience troubleshooting and optimizing automation, reliability, and monitoring for live sites.
  • Expertise in designing large-scale distributed systems and messaging systems like Kafka.
  • Ability to lead architecture design and implementation for high-scale services with low latency.
  • Drive infrastructure security improvements for mission-critical workloads.

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