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Software Engineer II

Microsoft· Software Engineering
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Reston, VA, Redmond, WA$102.1k - $202.2kfull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Software Engineer II to join the Microsoft Defender team, building and delivering cloud solutions at scale for security in government environments. Focus on scalable, reliable services in complex cloud environments with on-call responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Build, improve, and deploy services to be scalable and highly reliable.
  • Help deliver and improve engineering systems and practices to deliver services in complex cloud environments.
  • Investigate pre-production and production issues, implement, and deploy fixes.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation (typically 24/7 for one week every 6-8 weeks) within a secure facility.

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.

Skills

Required:Programming languages (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python)Cloud environments

Benefits

  • 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
Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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