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# Software Engineer II at Microsoft

Department: Software Engineering

Compensation

$85,400 – $168,100/yr

**Setup**
: On-site

**Location**
: Redmond, Washington

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: mid

**Posted**
: Sep 10, 2026

## Description

Microsoft is hiring a Software Engineer II to own end-to-end features and scalable backend services for AI-powered compliance, security, and productivity solutions. The role involves designing, implementing, testing, deploying, monitoring, and supporting production services; building distributed systems with C#/.NET and Azure; applying AI/ML technologies and evaluation frameworks; and contributing to operational excellence through on-call rotations, incident investigation, root-cause analysis, and telemetry. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical discipline with proven coding experience, or equivalent experience, and must pass Microsoft and Microsoft Cloud background checks.

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