Software Engineer II

Security represents one of 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. 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.

The Conditional Access team is at the forefront of Microsoft Security, helping organizations define and enforce their security posture by ensuring the right identities have the right access under the right conditions. As part of Microsoft Security, we protect people, organizations, applications, and emerging agentic workflows from evolving cyber threats while making secure access simple and effective at global scale. We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team. In this role you will build and operate highly available cloud services that power one of Microsoft’s most critical security platforms. You will work on large-scale distributed systems that secure billions of authentications and access decisions every day, helping customers balance security, productivity, and compliance in increasingly complex digital environments. Our team collaborates closely across Microsoft to deliver innovative identity and access management solutions, modernize security experiences, and enable organizations to adopt new technologies with confidence. You will have opportunities to influence product direction, solve challenging engineering problems, and contribute to security capabilities that protect customers worldwide. Microsoft Security is driven by a culture of growth mindset, innovation, and inclusion. We encourage engineers to bring their best ideas forward, learn continuously, and work together to create solutions that have meaningful impact. If you are passionate about building reliable services, and solving complex security challenges, the Conditional Access team offers an opportunity to make a difference at global scale.

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.

• Design 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. 
• Embody our culture and values 

Required 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, Swift, Objective C, React, Java, Kotlin, C++, C#, or Python OR equivalent experience.

Other Requirements:

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 Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Swift, Objective C, React, Java, Kotlin, C++, C#, or Python * OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, Swift, Objective C, React, Java, Kotlin, C++, C#, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience designing, developing, or maintaining secure software systems, with applied knowledge of authentication, data protection, access control, and secure coding practices.
• 2+ years of experience designing, building, and operating scalable, highly available cloud services or distributed systems on platforms such as Azure, AWS, GCP, or comparable cloud environments, with production ownership, CI/CD pipeline integration, and automated testing practices.
• Experience building or integrating AI/ML-powered systems or workflows, including safe handling of model outputs, orchestration, or agent-based systems. 
  
  
  
  
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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.