Senior/Software Engineer II - Backend

Senior/Software Engineer II - Backend | Microsoft Careers Skip to main content Microsoft Careers Careers Careers Search Search jobs Sign in Single PositionView All JobsSenior/Software Engineer II - BackendUnited States, Washington, RedmondApply nowAdd to cartFind out how well you match with this jobUpload your resumeJob descriptionCompany and benefitsJob number200043253Date postedJul 10, 2026Work site3 days / week in-officeTravelLess than 25%ProfessionSoftware EngineeringDisciplineSoftware EngineeringRole typeIndividual ContributorEmployment typeFull-TimeOverviewSecurity represents the most critical priorities for our customers in a world awash in digital threats, regulatory scrutiny, and estate complexity. Microsoft Security aspires to make the world a safer place for all. We want to reshape security and empower every user, customer, and developer with a security cloud that protects them with end to end, simplified solutions.  We are looking to hire Senior Software Engineers and Software Engineer IIs for our teams! The Microsoft Security organization accelerates Microsoft’s mission and bold ambitions to ensure that our company and industry is securing digital technology platforms, devices, and clouds in our customers’ heterogeneous environments, as well as ensuring the security of our own internal estate.  Our culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset, a theme of inspiring excellence, and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. In doing so, we create life-changing innovations that impact billions of lives around the world.  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. By applying for this role, you will be considered for multiple openings across different teams within the Microsoft Security organization. ResponsibilitiesDesign and develop large-scale distributed software services and solutions. Adhere to and drive modern software-engineering practices through design reviews. Perform system design across well-defined interfaces and multiple components, conduct code reviews, and use data/telemetry to make decisions. Develop best-in-class engineering by ensuring services and components are well-defined, modular, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored, and reusable. Improve test coverage, organize and implement integration tests, and resolve problem areas. Weigh testability, portability, reliability, and maintainability, and know when code is ready to ship. Collaborate leaders to contribute to cohesive, end-to-end customer experiences, focusing on customer/partner needs through a data-driven approach. Troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring for Live Site. Partner with product and engineering teammates to design and develop large-scale distributed software services and solutions. Focus on customer/partner needs through a data-driven approach; troubleshoot and optimize automation, reliability, and monitoring for Live Site. QualificationsRequired qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Other qualifications: Ability 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: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft background and Microsoft Cloud background check...