Software Engineer II
Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Cybersecurity
In short
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with and guide stakeholders to determine customer/user requirements.
- Lead architecture discussions and create proposals by testing design hypotheses.
- Create a clear testing strategy to ensure product/solution quality.
- Identify dependencies and incorporate them into design documents.
- Produce extensible, maintainable, well-tested, secure, and performant code.
- Use debugging tools, tests, logs, telemetry, and other methods to verify assumptions.
- Leverage AI tooling to improve efficiency and quality of work output.
- Review product code and test code to ensure it meets team standards.
- Design, implement, test, roll out, and run software services.
- Work in a collaborative and agile environment with local and remote partners.
- Ship code to thousands of machines serving millions of users.
Requirements
- Bachelor's 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#, Rust, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
- Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of using advanced tooling/AI to improve work efficiency.
- Experience in software development with ability to produce maintainable and well-tested code.
- Understanding of algorithms, data structures and other systems architecture factors.
- Proficiency with debugging, testing, and telemetry tools.
- Experience building Generative AI or agentic systems, including LLM orchestration, retrieval, tool use, evaluation, and safety guardrails.
- Background in offensive security, red teaming, penetration testing, or adversary emulation, including familiarity with frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK.
- Understanding of identity and authorization concepts such as least privilege, role-based access control (RBAC), delegated access, and multi-tenant isolation, especially for autonomous or AI-driven systems.
Benefits
- Typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year.
- Different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, 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
Skills
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Company
MicrosoftJob Posted
4 days ago
Employment Type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Salary
US$102,100–202,200 / year
Experience Level
Associate
Locations
United States
Qualification
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