Software Engineer II

Software Engineer II

United States, Multiple Locations

Job description

Company and benefits

Job number

200058506

Date posted

Oct 06, 2026

Work site

0 days / week in-office – remote

Travel

Less than 25%

Profession

Software Engineering

Discipline

Software Engineering

Role type

Individual Contributor

Employment type

Full-Time

Overview

The Client Access Frontend (CAFE) team is responsible for routing TRILLIONS of requests every single day for all the Microsoft365 services – including Copilot, Teams, Exchange, and more! We run a hyperscale high-performance reverse proxy on machines across the planet, and that means we have many interesting routing challenges to solve for the services that use our platform.

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team. On the CAFE team, you will be part of our Core Routing crew that focuses on effective, low-latency routing strategies that enable our millions of users to get requests to the right service. You’ll work with our other feature crews on CAFE to offer world-class routing capabilities and ensure the performance, resiliency, and security of our platform.

On a regular basis, you will use appropriate artificial intelligence tools and practices across the software development lifecycle in a disciplined manner. Engineers are expected to test and explore various design options, outlining strengths and weaknesses of each option, and collaborating with other engineers and stakeholders on the team to deliver these solutions. Given the nature of our platform, you will need to understand security and privacy considerations and establish code invariants to model "security as code" with guidance.

CAFE is the front door to the biggest and most exciting services that Microsoft offers, and we’re looking for talented engineers like you to join us!

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

• AI-Native Development

• Learns to use appropriate artificial intelligence (AI) tools and practices across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a disciplined manner. Begins to take responsibility for the content of their AI-generated changes to artifacts, reviewing all changes and requesting help from more experienced members of the team as needed.

• Coding

• Learns to review code and helps to review code of others to ensure it meets team standards. Participates in code review processes for self-development, gathers feedback, and learns about coding standards and the team's features. Applies coding patterns and best practices. Learns how and begins to use automated source code analysis tools that are incorporated into the build/development process with minimal supervision.

• Develops and applies knowledge of debugging tools, tests, logs, telemetry, and other methods to begin supporting efforts to proactively flag issues before they occur for product features in production. Learns to conduct incident retrospectives to identify root causes of problems, and begins to implement repair actions with direct supervision. Grows understanding of and begins to apply least-access principles and uses logging, telemetry, and other appropriate mechanisms with direct supervision to investigate issues while