Software Engineer II -CTJ - Poly

Security represents one of the most critical priorities for our customers in a world shaped by digital threats, regulatory complexity, and evolving technology. Microsoft Security is committed to making the world safer for everyone. We aim to redefine security by empowering every individual, organization, and developer with a comprehensive, simplified security cloud. As part of this mission, we’re looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team and help build secure, scalable solutions that protect diverse environments and users. The Microsoft Security organization drives our company’s bold ambitions to secure platforms, devices, and clouds—both for our customers and within our own operations. Our culture embraces a growth mindset, encourages excellence, and supports every team member in bringing their best. Together, we create innovations that make a global impact.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities

We’re looking for individuals who are passionate about building reliable, high-scale, multi-tenant services. As a Software Engineer II you  will have the opportunity to leverage your experience in designing resilient components, writing clean and maintainable code, handling errors thoughtfully, and building with testability and long-term sustainability in mind.

Key responsibilities include:

• Collaborating closely with multiple teams to coordinate work and track progress toward shared goals
• Participating in an on-call rotation to support service reliability
• Partnering with stakeholders to develop technical solutions and automation (e.g., code, scripts)
• Supporting live services operating in Azure’s air-gapped regions
• Contributing to the buildout of new services as they are brought into scope

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:  

• The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
• Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment.
• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.   

Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance 

Additional/Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Cloud service experience (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Experience with Active Directory

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.