Software Engineer II

Microsoft Security is seeking a Software Engineer II to join their Identity Platform team, which powers core runtime infrastructure for cloud-scale identity services. This role focuses on ensuring reliable authentication and authorization for billions of users and devices worldwide.

The position involves working with frontend technologies like React, JavaScript, and TypeScript, while also handling cloud services. You'll be responsible for designing and developing large-scale distributed software services, implementing system designs through well-defined interfaces, and ensuring high standards of security, reliability, and performance.

The Identity Platform team operates at the heart of Microsoft's security and Identity ecosystem, engineering foundational platforms that run across all Microsoft clouds and regions. The role requires expertise in runtime efficiency, infrastructure resilience, and service scalability.

Key responsibilities include code reviews, leveraging data/telemetry for decision-making, improving test coverage, and troubleshooting automation and reliability issues. The position offers competitive compensation ($100,600 - $199,000 base salary range, higher for SF and NYC areas) and comprehensive benefits.

The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of technical engineering experience, strong frontend development skills, and experience with cloud services. They should be passionate about learning new technologies, particularly in AI and LLM-powered features, and be able to handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

This role is part of Microsoft Security's mission to make the world safer through end-to-end, simplified security solutions. The team culture emphasizes growth mindset, excellence, and collaborative innovation. The position offers hybrid work flexibility with up to 50% work from home and minimal travel requirements (0-25%).