Job Details
Posted date: Nov 26, 2025
There have been 744 jobs posted with the title of Software Engineer II all time at Microsoft.There have been 744 Software Engineer II jobs posted in the last month.
Category: Software Engineering
Location: Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations
Estimated salary: $158,000
Range: $100,600 - $215,400
Employment type: Full-Time
Work location type: 0 days / week in-office – remote
Role: Individual Contributor
Description
OverviewAre you ready to help shape the future of cloud computing? Join Azure Compute—the engine behind Microsoft’s fastest-growing and most widely adopted cloud services. Azure Compute powers millions of virtual machines (VMs) that support enterprise-scale services such as Bing, Skype, and Structured Query Language (SQL), as well as massive multiplayer gaming sessions and high-performance computational workloads.
As the backbone of Microsoft’s cloud operating system, the Azure Compute team builds fault-tolerant distributed systems on top of commodity datacenter hardware. Our mission is to deliver seamless infrastructure where resources are elastic, highly available, and feel limitless to our customers. We are tackling challenges across multiple domains, including scaling clusters, increasing VM density, expanding container capabilities with Docker and Hyper-V Containers, and building next-generation microservices for compute service management.
You will have the opportunity to contribute to architectural transformations that span Azure Compute, host operating systems, networking, and storage. Our team is focused on delivering breakthroughs in reliability and performance—optimizing deployment speeds, redesigning protocols, and applying algorithmic innovations to deliver compute instances in seconds. If you thrive in high-impact environments, bring strong technical depth, enjoy solving complex problems, and value cross-disciplinary collaboration, this is the place for you.
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.
Responsibilities
Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
Qualifications
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, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. 1+ years of experience in designing, building and shipping high quality production software or services in cloud environment.1+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems analysis and troubleshooting.1+ years of experience in high-stakes production online service environments.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:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. #azurecorejobs
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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.
Check out other jobs at Microsoft.