Software Engineer II

Overview

Every time a customer deploys compute in Microsoft Azure, a critical platform determines how resources are created, configured, and maintained to ensure reliability at massive scale. This team is responsible for building that platform and ensuring that it consistently meets the demands of global cloud usage.

You will join a group that manages the distributed control systems responsible for orchestrating compute across regions, fault domains, and lifecycles for one of the largest cloud platforms in the world. The role involves close collaboration with engineers across Microsoft Azure to design and evolve highly reliable services that must adapt to constant change, recover effectively from failures, and directly support customer workloads across the globe.

Working within this environment means contributing to systems that operate continuously and must remain dependable under dynamic conditions. The work centers on improving orchestration, strengthening reliability, and ensuring that compute resources are delivered and maintained with precision at scale.

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Responsibilities

• You will design, implement, test, and operate distributed services that manage compute resource lifecycle and system state.
• Take ownership of meaningful components, contribute to architectural discussions, and write high‑quality code that meets the reliability and performance demands of a global cloud platform.
• Grow your impact by owning features and services used at cloud scale
• Deepen your distributed systems skills through hands‑on work in reliability, scalability, and failure handling
• Strengthen your engineering judgment by balancing feature delivery, operational excellence, and long‑term maintainability
  
  

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 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#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
  

Other Requirements

• 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 Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, 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, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
  

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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 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

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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