The Software Engineer II position at Microsoft focuses on developing reliable, scalable, and secure distributed cloud services within the Microsoft Entra ID team. This team plays a crucial role in Microsoft's cloud strategy, handling authentication and authorization for millions of users. The role emphasizes innovative problem-solving using the latest technologies in security and distributed systems. Candidates will work collaboratively across engineering, product, and design to enhance user experiences and ensure high-quality software delivery.

• 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.
• Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including 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 C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems.
• 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in programming languages including C, C++, C#, Java, Rust, or Go.
• 2+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, highly available cloud services or distributed systems.

• 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.
• Develop best-in-class engineering by ensuring services and components are well-defined, modular, secure, reliable, and reusable.
• Ensure testability, portability, reliability, and maintainability of code.
• 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.

• 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.