Software Engineer II at Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, WA
$102,100–$202,200from the description
Jul 25, 2026
Redmond, WA
Jul 26, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within the Microsoft Entra ID team, focused on building client-side authentication and identity components that run across Windows, mobile, Linux, and cloud platforms. Day-to-day work involves designing and coding secure, reusable authentication features — including support for emerging AI agent scenarios — and contributing to live-site reliability through on-call duties and incident response. It suits engineers with a background in systems or security programming who want to work at the scale of billions of daily sign-in requests.
Mid level · 2+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,300 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 1,700–2,950
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Software Engineer II', which maps to an IC3 level at Microsoft — a mid-level individual contributor. The required experience gate is 2+ years (with a Bachelor's), consistent with Mid seniority.
The required qualifications list several languages (Swift, Objective-C, React, Java, Kotlin, C++, C#, Python) as interchangeable options ('including, but not limited to'). Swift is used as the primary name with the others captured as alternatives.
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field is listed as required, but the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent experience' as a substitute, so the degree requirement is set to None.
The preferred qualifications mention iOS/macOS experience with Swift or Objective-C, and experience with OAuth 2.0/OpenID Connect and AI security/agent identity — all marked as preferred.
The base pay range of $133,800–$219,200 applies specifically to the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metro; the standard U.S. range of $102,100–$202,200 is reported here as the role is located in Redmond, WA.
The Microsoft Cloud Background Check is a post-hire screening requirement, not a pre-existing government security clearance gate; the clearance requirement is set to None.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): macOS development, AI-assisted development tools.
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