Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

1d•$102,100 - $219,200

About The Position

CoreAI is building foundational platforms, services, programming models, and developer experiences for applications powered by Generative AI. The CoreAI Cloud Foundation team, part of Azure, enables developers to build and manage scalable distributed applications. Its services include Azure Container Apps, Azure SRE Agent, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure API Management, and Azure Logic Apps, supporting web, mobile, API, event-driven, IoT, and AI workloads for developers and enterprise customers worldwide. The role contributes to the development and operation of globally distributed Azure services, including new products, platform components, features, and developer tools. Engineers own features from design through production, work with open-source and platform components written in multiple languages, and collaborate with partner teams. The work includes operating services at scale, improving reliability and security, automating operational tasks, and applying AI tools and practices appropriately across the software development lifecycle. The engineer participates in an on-call rotation and supports service health through monitoring, incident response, documentation, and root-cause analysis. The position requires an active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI access, based on an SSBI with polygraph, as well as verification of clearance and U.S. citizenship. The role also requires passing Microsoft Cloud background checks upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and at least 2 years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
Must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with access to SCI based on an SSBI with polygraph.
Must meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including successful verification of the stated clearance.
U.S. citizenship is required and will be verified due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.
Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and at least 3 years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and at least 5 years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.
Hands-on experience with distributed systems and cloud services.
Demonstrated ability to track complex technical issues for running online services.
Experience with .NET-based systems.
Experience with Linux, Docker, or Kubernetes.
Experience with public cloud services such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.
Experience working in a services environment and/or building developer tools and libraries.

Responsibilities

Build and deliver services, features, and developer tools for developing and hosting applications on Azure.
Own features from design through implementation and production.
Help manage a globally distributed service and support its availability, stability, security, and safety.
Participate in an on-call rotation as the directly responsible individual (DRI).
Create and update standard operating procedures, troubleshooting guides, and monitoring systems.
Mitigate and restore service during incidents and conduct in-depth root-cause analysis of outages.
Automate solutions to existing operational problems and reduce operational toil.
Work collaboratively with partner teams and learn how to use their technologies.
Use appropriate AI tools and practices across the software development lifecycle in a disciplined manner.
Contribute to open-source and platform components written in a variety of programming languages.