Software Engineer II

Quick Facts

• Role: Software Engineer II (Cloud Foundation / distributed services)

Description

Build and deliver Azure services, features, and developer tools for hosting and managing applications at scale. Own work from design through implementation to production, and support it via on-call (DRI) including SOPs, monitoring systems, incident mitigation/restore, and deep-dive outage root-cause analysis. Use AI tools and disciplined AI practices across the software development lifecycle while automating operational toil.

Responsibilities

• Build new services, features, and developer tools for how applications are developed and hosted on Azure
• Own features end-to-end: design, implementation, and production delivery
• Participate in on-call rotation as DRI: create/update SOPs, troubleshoot, monitor, mitigate and restore incidents
• Perform deep-dive analysis of root causes of outages
• Collaborate with partner teams locally and across geo; learn and integrate partner technologies
• Work on open source and platform components across multiple programming languages

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience)
• Must be able to meet U.S. and customer/government security screening requirements for the role: Active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI access via SSBI with polygraph
• Clearance verification required prior to offer
• Pass Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
• U.S. citizenship verification required

Benefits

• Competitive base pay range across the U.S.: USD $102,100–$202,200 per year (location-dependent; SF Bay Area and NYC metro: USD $133,800–$219,200)
• Eligibility for benefits and other compensation (role-dependent)
• Applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled (minimum 5 days open)