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Software Engineer II

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering
Redmond, WA, USA
USD 100,600-199k / year
Posted on Jan 24, 2026
Overview

Microsoft's Cloud Operations and Innovation (CO+I) team is responsible for constructing and managing the datacenters that are essential to powering Microsoft's cloud business. By anticipating and provisioning for ongoing scaling, we play a pivotal role in enabling a significant portion of Microsoft's revenue through its Commercial Cloud. The CO+I Engineering team (CO+IE) delivers services, applications, and automation supporting datacenter planning, construction, and operation. We own a large portfolio of services, including workflows that enable predicable, lowest cost datacenter construction, telemetry systems that drive high availability and optimized energy usage, and task and performance management applications that help our operation run as efficiently as possible. CO+I Engineering is a competitive advantage for Microsoft, and an important pillar in its cloud success.

Our core infrastructure supports IT technician experience, working across several business areas including Deployment, Break Fix, and Decommissioning. Each of these stages is crucial to the day-to-day processes happening in data centers, and with the growth in demand for OpenAI and other partners Microsoft works with, building efficient and scalable solutions for each of these areas is essential.

As a software engineer in CO+IE, you will be responsible for end-to-end deliverables with a high degree of visibility. You will be responsible for envisioning, designing, coding, validating, and deploying new features from the ground up, working with PMs and business partners to deliver features. Be prepared to work at a fast pace, while keeping security, accessibility, and scalability in mind. If this sounds like a good fit for you, please apply - we're excited to meet you!



Responsibilities
  • Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
  • Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform.
  • Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI).
  • Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items.
  • Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate.
  • Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Embody our culture and values.



Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or related technical discipline 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.

Preferred/Additional 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 Master’s degree in computer science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience in full stack development, including any combination of the following middle tier/backend technologies: C#, .NET, data technologies (SQL/entity framework/etc.), web services, REST APIs, JSON, XML and UI development technologies: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, TypeScript, Angular, React.
  • Excellent analytical skills and an ability to abstract concepts.
  • Effective troubleshooting and debugging skills.
  • Ability to work with business and PM partners to align expectations and deliver results.
  • Mentoring experience.
  • Experience in leading, developing, and driving software development projects end-to-end

Background Check 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.

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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.




Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.