Software Engineer II

57 Minutes ago • 2-4 Years • Full Stack Development

About the job

Job Description

This Software Engineer II role at Microsoft involves building and maintaining a secure, dedicated Redis cache service on Azure. Responsibilities include contributing to the architecture of product features, creating and implementing code, participating in service operations, and improving software developer tools. The work involves building reliable, highly-available, and performant in-memory data stores, utilizing both proprietary and open-source technologies. The ideal candidate will have experience with building scalable online services on Azure or a similar cloud platform and possess a strong understanding of software engineering best practices.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's Degree in CS or related field
  • 2+ years experience in software engineering
  • Experience with C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • Experience building scalable online services on Azure
  • Active US Government Top Secret Clearance with SCI access
Good to have:
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science
  • 4+ years of relevant experience
Perks:
  • Industry-leading healthcare
  • Educational resources
  • Discounts on products and services
  • Savings and investments
  • Maternity and paternity leave
  • Generous time away
  • Giving programs
  • Networking opportunities

Overview

The  team provides customers with secure, dedicated Redis cache endpoints, exposed as a service, managed by Microsoft Azure. The service has seen rapid growth since its inception and is a critical component in cloud-native application development.

 

We are looking for a Software Engineer II who will be working on technologies, both proprietary and open source. We are a growing team that cares deeply about investing in our engineers along with our product. We prioritize collaboration, technical growth, and maintaining an inclusive and positive work environment. The problems we are trying to solve are interesting and challenging: building a reliable, highly-available and performant in-memory data store. Our new offerings feature the latest Redis innovations, industry-leading availability and a cost-effective total cost of ownership (TCO) designed for the hyperscale cloud. We deliver these capabilities on a trusted cloud platform, empowering businesses to scale and optimize their generative AI applications seamlessly. So come ready to work at cloud scale while maintaining a small-team environment! You have the flexibility to work remotely up to 50% of the time.

 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Qualifications

 

 

 

Required/minimum 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.
  • 1+ years Experience with building testable, distributed and highly scalable online services on Azure or similar cloud platform 

Other Requirements 

  • Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able 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:  
    • The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate U.S. Government clearance and/or customer screening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination.
    • 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.   
  • Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance
Additional or preferred qualifications
  • Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.


Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 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 $127,200 - $208,800 per year.

 

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

 

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until February 10, 2025. 

 

Responsibilities

  • Contributes to processes for the architecture of a product/solution feature and helps to create proposals for architecture by testing design hypotheses and helping to refine code plans, with technical leadership from others
  • Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable. Writes and learns to create code that is extensible and maintainable
  • Participates in region buildout and maintains operations of live service in air-gapped clouds as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis
  • Builds knowledge, shares new ideas, and shares pain points of engineering tool gaps to improve software developer tools to support other programs, tools, and applications to create, debug, and maintain code for complex product features
  • Applies best practices to reliably build code that is based on well-established methods while also applying best practices for new code development
Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect
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$98.3K - $208.8K/yr (Outscal est.)
$153.6K/yr avg.
Redmond, Washington, United States

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