Hiring: Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly Company: Microsoft Location: Reston, VA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:42:05 Target Skills & Keywords : Accessibility, Azure, C, C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Security Clearance, Top Secret Clearance About the job Experience: •2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Required Skills: •Design and build scalable, secure, and reliable solutions for Azure Data services, ensuring high quality and modularity. •Improve test coverage, implement integration tests, and address issues to enhance service reliability and maintainability. •Automate production and deployment processes, running code in non-production environments to ensure functionality. •Uphold compliance with security, privacy, safety, and accessibility standards, and demonstrate product compliance. •Integrate telemetry and data analytics to monitor system health, drive product refinement, and inform engineering decisions. •Maintain live service operations, respond promptly to incidents, and implement solutions to complex issues as they arise. •Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, sharing postmortem insights with the team. •Embody our culture and values. 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. •Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment. •Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. •Bachelor’s degree in computer science or Engineering or Mathematics or Physics or IT technical discipline •Demonstrated capacity to analyze network and performance monitor traces, application performance problems, and windows application and crash-dump. •Demonstrated capacity to conceptualize a distributed service, it’s dependencies and the transactional flow when troubleshooting across network, application, caching, queuing, load-balancing, storage and distributed services layers. •High enthusiasm, integrity, ingenuity, results-orientation, self-motivation, and resourcefulness in a fast-paced competitive environment. •Deep desire to work collaboratively, solve problems with groups, find win/win solutions and celebrate successes. •Get excited by the challenge of hard technical problems and have a great curiosity and willingness to question -Love the next problem, the next experiment, the next partner. •Always leading with deep passion and empathy for customers. Compensation: •$102,100 - $202,200 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!