Software Engineering II - CTJ - Poly

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

Microsoft is hiring a Software Engineer for the Microsoft Specialized Clouds Power Platform team. The role focuses on building, deploying, and operating Power Automate services in air-gapped and sovereign cloud environments. The position combines software engineering and site reliability engineering, working on distributed systems that enable Power Platform services to run in isolated environments and partnering with Public Cloud teams to bring features to parity while meeting the constraints of sovereign deployments. The engineer is expected to take ownership of design, implementation, live-site operations, and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes security, compliance, reliability, operational excellence, automation, observability, and continuous learning. The team also uses approved AI-assisted tools and Microsoft Copilot responsibly to support investigations, improve code quality, and reduce repetitive work. Candidates must hold an active U.S. Government Top Secret clearance with SCI access based on an SSBI with Polygraph, meet applicable Microsoft, customer, and government screening requirements, pass the Microsoft Cloud background check, and verify U.S. citizenship. The typical U.S. base pay range is $102,100–$202,200 per year, with a separate range of $133,800–$219,200 for the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 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 Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) with Polygraph.
Must meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements and successfully verify the stated clearance.
Must pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.
U.S. citizenship must be verified due to citizenship-based legal restrictions.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and 4+ 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 6+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Own the availability, reliability, and operational health of service components as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI).
Participate in on-call rotations, assess incident impact, troubleshoot issues, mitigate customer impact, and drive resolution.
Lead or contribute to root cause analyses and postmortems, translating findings into systemic improvements.
Use approved AI-assisted tools responsibly to accelerate investigations while maintaining security and compliance requirements.
Troubleshoot issues affecting availability, performance, security, and efficiency using existing tools and developing new capabilities.
Use telemetry and monitoring to identify trends and anomalies and proactively improve service health.
Improve observability, alerting, and diagnostics.
Identify opportunities to use automation and AI-assisted capabilities to reduce operational toil.
Contribute to architecture and design discussions for Power Platform service components.
Identify cross-team dependencies and incorporate them into design specifications and execution plans.
Ensure systems meet performance, scalability, security, and compliance requirements, particularly within air-gapped environments.
Evaluate AI-generated recommendations, code, and technical content using sound engineering judgment.
Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment systems for safe, repeatable, automated releases.
Drive zero-touch or low-touch deployment automation using internal tooling and safe deployment practices.
Reduce manual operations and operational toil to improve engineering efficiency.
Use approved Copilot and AI-assisted capabilities to streamline routine work.
Collaborate with Public Cloud teams to onboard features, resolve dependencies, and align environments.
Support integration and validation across Power Platform services, including Power Automate, Dataverse, and Power Apps.
Participate in sprint planning, backlog grooming, and execution of engineering commitments.
Share effective tools, prompts, workflows, and lessons learned to improve team productivity.