Senior Software Engineer

Microsoft

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Work type: On-site
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Salary: $119,800–$234,700 / yr
Posted: 87 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Dec 13, 2026

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This role $177k

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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

Microsoft currently has 598 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

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Sr. Software Engineer - CTJ - Poly joins the Microsoft Defender engineering team as part of a combined DevOps unit providing leadership for cloud design, service architecture, and infrastructure development. This role focuses on building and improving scalable, reliable services within complex cloud environments to provide holistic protection in government environments. Day-to-day responsibilities include conducting business reviews, operating production services, automating scale features, and investigating pre-production or production issues while participating in a 24/7 on-call rotation. The role requires proficiency in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in Windows, Linux, Kubernetes, Git, and Azure DevOps. Candidates must navigate the technical challenges of sovereign and government clouds to ensure systems meet performance SLAs while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams including security researchers and data scientists to maintain high stability.

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Skills

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

What you'll do

Design and implement cloud architecture for Sovereign and Government Cloud environments.
Build and improve services to ensure they are scalable and highly reliable.
Automate service scale features and fulfill specific customer requirements.
Improve engineering systems and practices within complex cloud environments.
Investigate pre-production and production issues and deploy necessary fixes.
Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation to support live site services.
Ensure systems meet performance Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for internal and external users.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is required.
Candidates must have 4+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Must possess an active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI and Polygraph.
Must be a U.S. citizen to meet legal requirements for government agency support.
Experience with CI/CD concepts and Git is preferred.
4+ years of hands-on experience with Windows and Linux systems is preferred.
Experience with Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, and GitHub tooling is preferred.
Ability to participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation within a secure facility.

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