Software Engineer II

Microsoft

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: —
Salary: $102,100–$202,200 / yr
Posted: 7 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Closes: Apr 18, 2027

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This role $152k

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This role pays more than 58% of similar roles. Most pay $130,867–$179,375 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $152k versus about $155k 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 694 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Software Engineer II

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The Software Engineer II joins the Microsoft Defender engineering team within a combined DevOps unit responsible for cloud design, service architecture, and data platform development. This role focuses on building and improving scalable, reliable services for Sovereign and Government Clouds. Day-to-day responsibilities include conducting business reviews, operating production services, automating scale features, and investigating production issues. The engineer must ensure systems remain stable and meet performance service level agreements while participating in an on-call rotation within a secure facility. Required technical skills include proficiency in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. Preferred experience includes Kubernetes, Git, CI/CD concepts, Windows and Linux systems, and Azure DevOps. The work involves solving complex cloud security problems to provide holistic protection within high-security government environments.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.

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Skills

C C++ C# Java JavaScript Python CI/CD Git Windows Linux Kubernetes Azure DevOps GitHub Logging Monitoring Alerting Service Architecture Infrastructure Development

What you'll do

Build and improve services to be scalable and highly reliable.
Deliver and improve engineering systems and practices for complex cloud environments.
Design and automate service scale features and customer requirements.
Investigate pre-production and production issues and deploy fixes.
Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation within a secure facility.
Ensure services and systems are highly stable and meet performance SLAs.
Provide leadership for application architecture and cloud design for government clouds.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience).
Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must have an active TS clearance and be eligible to upgrade to TS/SCI with polygraph.
Must be able to pass a Microsoft Cloud background check every two years.
Understanding and experience with CI/CD concepts and Git (preferred).
2+ years of hands-on Windows or Linux system experience (preferred).
Experience debugging issues ranging from the operating system and application to the cloud (preferred).
Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates.

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