# Software Engineer II

OverviewBuild the platform that helps every engineering team work better We're hiring a Software Engineer II who has a solid grounding in distributed systems and is excited about applying AI to engineering problems. You'll help build the next generation of our platform. Our goal is to make building and running software much simpler. That means turning complex infrastructure into capabilities that are easy to use, making reliability and security the default, and using AI to remove the work that slows engineers down. Your work will matter beyond a single service or feature. The components you build will help teams across the organization ship better products faster and with more confidence. You'll work on real problems in scalability, performance, observability, and developer experience. You'll also explore how intelligent automation can improve the way the platform is built and run. This is a hands-on engineering role. You'll design, build, and operate production features, own well-defined parts of the platform, and work closely with senior engineers and partner teams. You'll help take ideas from prototype to production, and you'll grow your technical depth and scope over time. We w

- **Id**: 2732689
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/microsoft-software-engineer-ii-30>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Redmond, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-08T14:57:29Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T19:33:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 33
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7023
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Office & Productivity Software, Gaming Consoles, Developer Tools

## Company

- **Id**: 18
- **Name**: Microsoft
- **Domain**: microsoft.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/microsoft>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Eightfold

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 84
- **Open postings**: 471
- **Ghost share**: 0.006
- **Stale share**: 0.597
- **Repost share**: 0.04
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 29
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 102100
- **Max**: 202200
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 202200

## Technologies

- **C#** — Optional: no
- **C++** — Optional: no
- **JavaScript** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: yes
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 33

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: yes

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-16T18:13:55Z
- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T03:34:14Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 6,957 · green card filings: 2,767; Filings 12m: 6957

## Liveness

- **Score**: 32
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.588
- **P room**: 0.55
- **Age days**: 32
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 202200
- **Is top pay**: yes

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