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Software Engineering
Posted on Sep 19, 2025

Software Engineering II

Redmond, Washington, United States

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Date posted
Sep 18, 2025
Job number
1864566
Work site
3 days / week in-office
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

Security represents 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. Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.

Are you passionate about building cutting-edge backend services handling massive data? Are you excited about building customer facing product which leveraging the latest LLM, tools, and knowledge? We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer who is excited about building, operationalizing, and delivering highly scalable backend services with enterprise-grade features. In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of AI technology incorporate with existing mature office cloud and make a significant impact on our customers across Office 365.


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

Qualifications

Required:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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.

  • 1+ year(s) of cloud infrastructure experience, 2+ years of experience in software development lifecycle, large-scale computing, working in Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems

Preferred Qualifications:


• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

OR Master's 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.

• Experience working in large-scale cloud services.
• Self-motivation and a drive to get things to “done”
• Deep understanding of cloud technologies, distributed compute systems, and distributed systems and microservices architecture
• System design, algorithmic skills, and knowledge of data structures
• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and user experience
• Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in web development and AI

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 background and Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

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Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operationalize deployment of complex, enterprise-grade cloud services that leverage multiple Services and platforms across Microsoft.
• Be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of these services, ensuring their scalability, reliability, and security.
• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, researchers, UX design, and product managers.
• Lead by example, Lead discussions on the architecture of products or solutions and apply engineering principles to establish robust and maintainable architecture and designs.
• Find a path to get things done despite roadblocks to get your work into the hands of users quickly and iteratively. Ship high-quality, well-tested, secure, and maintainable code.
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, design-driven, product development cycle.


Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.