JobsSoftware Engineer II - CTJ - POLY
Location
Redmond, WA, Reston, VA, MD, MD, Atlanta, GA
Type
Full-time
Posted
5/28/2026
Compensation
$102,100 - $219,200 per year
Undergraduate with 2+ Years of Experience
Approval 98.4%·Filings 6,363·New hires 3,142·
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·FY 2025Job description
This role at Microsoft offers an exciting opportunity to work with talented engineers on significant challenges within the Commerce + Ecosystems (C+E) stack. The position emphasizes ownership of service design, focusing on creating reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions. Candidates will collaborate with various teams across the company, gaining broad technical exposure while supporting dedicated cloud environments. The ideal candidate will be passionate about automation and problem-solving in distributed software systems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
Responsibilities
- Drive reliable, scalable, and high-performance solutions across the C+E stack, ensuring robust service design.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-focused outcomes and broad technical impact.
- Support Commerce + Ecosystems in dedicated clouds by mitigating issues with sustainable, forward-thinking solutions.
- Leverage telemetry data to identify patterns and trends that enable continuous operational improvement through automation.
- Develop scripts and automation to resolve complex problems and prevent recurrence of service issues.
- Partner with internal customers and engineering teams to conduct root cause analyses, uphold security and compliance, and share end-to-end service expertise.
- Identify and implement automation opportunities to monitor and manage distributed systems effectively.
Benefits
- Employees at Microsoft are often offered comprehensive, “world-class” benefits—including health and mental-wellness programs, competitive pay with bonuses and stock awards, and retirement/savings options. Time-off and flexibility are common, with generous vacation and holidays, parental and caregiver leave, and flexible work schedules, alongside learning support, employee resource groups, product discounts, and matching-gifts/volunteering programs. Specific benefits can vary by region.
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