Software Engineer II - CTJ - Poly

Microsoft's Azure Redis Cache team is seeking a Software Engineer II to join their growing team focused on building and maintaining secure, dedicated Redis cache endpoints as a service. The role involves working with both proprietary and open source technologies to solve challenging problems in building reliable, highly-available, and performant in-memory data stores. The team delivers critical components for cloud-native application development, including the latest Redis innovations and industry-leading availability.

The position offers a unique opportunity to work at cloud scale while maintaining a small-team environment, with the flexibility to work remotely up to 50% of the time. The team prioritizes collaboration, technical growth, and maintaining an inclusive work environment. This role is particularly crucial as the service has seen rapid growth and is essential for modern cloud applications, especially in supporting generative AI applications.

The ideal candidate will contribute to architecture processes, implement code for products and services, participate in region buildout, and maintain operations of live services. They will need to have experience with distributed systems, cloud platforms, and strong coding skills. The role requires an active U.S. Government Top Secret Clearance and U.S. citizenship due to the nature of work with government customers.

Microsoft offers comprehensive benefits including industry-leading healthcare, educational resources, investment options, and work-life balance benefits. The company is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where all employees can thrive and contribute to Microsoft's mission of empowering every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.