Microsoft

Software Engineer II

Microsoft$102K — $202K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 2+ years of coding experience in C, C++, C#, or Python.
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science with 3+ years of coding experience in multiple languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python preferred.
  • Experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, focusing on authentication and secure coding practices for at least 2 years.
  • 2+ years of experience building cloud services on platforms like Azure, AWS, or GCP with production ownership.
  • Familiarity with AI tools to enhance software development productivity.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop large-scale distributed software services and clients.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and design teams to create simplified customer experiences.
  • Ensure services are modular, secure, reliable, and actively monitored.
  • Maintain high standards of testability and code readiness for delivery.
  • Prioritize customer needs through a data-driven approach.
  • Participate in on-call rotations for incident response and troubleshooting.
  • Optimize automation and monitoring for service reliability.

Benefits

  • Relocation support for candidates moving to Redmond, Washington.
  • Potential eligibility for various employee benefits.
  • Participation in ongoing training and development opportunities.
Full Job Description
Overview

Security represents one of the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end-to-end, simplified solutions. The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft's mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers' heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.

Microsoft Entra ID is at the center of Microsoft's cloud strategy. We build and operate critical authentication, authorization and directory services that are used by millions of Azure, Microsoft 365, Xbox and Windows users worldwide. In the mobile-first cloud-first world, sign-in and sign-up are the front door for reliable end-user experience to use any of Microsoft cloud services. Entra ID hosts millions of tenants and billions of identities. It serves billions of requests per day in the stacks powering core authentication and programmability.

We are looking for a Software Engineer II with a passion for providing reliable, scalable and secure distributed cloud services. You will have an opportunity to work on the latest technologies in security and distributed systems and apply innovative algorithms for solving problems at scale and high performance.

This Hybrid position is located at our Microsoft office in Redmond, Washington. Relocation support will be provided, and successful candidates will need to relocate or reside within 50 miles of the field location.

Responsibilities
  • Design and develop large-scale distributed software services and/or clients.
  • Partner across engineering, product, and design to build customer-facing experiences that simplify complex workflows, reduce friction, and create moments of delight for users.
  • Develop best-in-class engineering by ensuring services and components are well-defined, modular, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and reusable.
  • Ensure testability, portability, reliability, and maintainability, and know when code is ready for delivery.
  • Focus on customer/partner needs through a data-driven approach.
  • Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and root cause analysis.
  • Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring for LiveSite.
  • Evangelize the usage of AI to increase productivity and quality on the team.
  • Embody our Culture and Values


Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, C, C++, C#, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.


Other Requirements:

Ability 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:
  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.


Additional or Preferred Qualifications:
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices
  • 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in programming languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, Rust, or Go
  • 2+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, highly available cloud services or distributed systems on platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, or comparable cloud environments, with production ownership and CI/CD pipeline integration.
  • Experience leveraging AI tools to improve productivity at scale


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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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