Microsoft

Software Engineer II

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1 day ago
Reston, VA, USA or Redmond, WA, USAMid Level
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Base Salary

$102k - $219k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and operate highly available, scalable, secure, and observable cloud services.
  • Drive technical design and implementation for complex engineering problems and evaluate architectural trade-offs.
  • Deliver features and projects end-to-end from requirements and design through deployment and production readiness.
  • Build expertise in cloud infrastructure, global deployment technologies, and sovereign cloud engineering.
  • Collaborate with partner teams to define technical solutions, resolve dependencies, and deliver cross-service capabilities.
  • Improve reliability and operational excellence through automation, monitoring, diagnostics, and root-cause analysis.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute through design reviews, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in C#, Java, or C++, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred: 3+ years of software engineering experience designing, building, and delivering production services.
  • Preferred: experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform and distributed systems.
  • Preferred: experience driving complex or ambiguous engineering projects from design through delivery.
  • Preferred: deep experience with software design, implementation, testing, and debugging.
  • Preferred: ability to build reliable, maintainable, and well-tested software.
  • Preferred: advanced collaboration and communication skills across engineering teams and disciplines.
  • Must satisfy applicable export-control and citizenship-based access restrictions and provide required citizenship or protected-status documentation.
  • Must pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Benefits

  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.
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About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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