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Senior Software Engineer- CTJ - Top Secret

Microsoft
$119,800.00 - $234,700.00 / yr
United States, Washington, Bellevue
Feb 04, 2026
Overview Join the team that powers Microsoft's planetaryscale geospatial intelligence. The Microsoft Planetary Computer provides open environmental and Earthobservation data at ~70 petabytescale (PB) with highperformance Application Programming Interface (APIs) and compute so organizations can analyze raster, vector, and timeseries data and build AIdriven experiences. Planetary Computer Pro is a firstparty Azure service that brings the same architecture to customers' private geospatial catalogs, enabling secure ingestion, governance, and analysis sidebyside with the Planetary Computer's open data. Together, these services let customers train models, run change detection, and operationalize spatial analytics across public and private datasets with enterprisegrade reliability, security, and scale. If you enjoy designing resilient cloud services, shipping developerfriendly APIs and Software Development Kit (SDKs), and applying AI to geospatial problems that matter, this Senior Software Engineerrole is for you. 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 Design, build, and operate cloudnative services that provide lowlatency, highthroughput access to planetaryscale geospatial data and private catalogs. Develop Representational State Transfer (REST) and g Remote Procedure Calls (gRPC); APIs and SDKs that support discovery, access, and compute orchestration across raster, vector, and timeseries data. Enable AI workflows on geospatial data, including model training, batch and streaming inference, change detection, and forecasting using Azure machine learning and data services. Implement secure multitenant patterns, authentication and authorization, throttling, and data isolation for enterprise and public scenarios. Build automated Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, tests, and release gates; instrument services with metrics, logs, and traces; define Service Level Indicator (SLIs)/Service Level Objective (SLOs) and drive continuous reliability improvements. Optimize largescale storage and compute (tiling, partitioning, indexing, caching) for cost, performance, and robustness at PB scale. Diagnose and resolve production issues; lead incident reviews and longterm remediation; automate operations wherever possible. Collaborate with product, design, and data science to translate customer scenarios into clear technical designs and incremental deliveries. Write clear design docs and code reviews; contribute shared libraries, patterns, and documentation that elevate developer productivity. Champion security, privacy, accessibility, and responsible AI throughout the engineering lifecycle. Other: Embody ourCultureandValues Qualifications Required/minimum qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Other Requirements: Security Clearance Requirements: Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: The successful candidate must have an active U.S. Government Top Secret Security Clearance. Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. Failure to maintain or obtain the appropriate clearance and/or customerscreening requirements may result in employment action up to and including termination. Clearance Verification: This position requires successful verification of the stated security clearance to meet federal government customer requirements. You will be asked to provide clearance verification information prior to an offer of employment. Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter Citizenship & Citizenship Verification:This position requires verification of U.S. citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local United States government agency customer and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, citizenship will be verified via a valid passport, or other approved documents, or verified US government Clearance Preferred Qualifications Proven experience building and operating cloud services and public APIs at scale. Programming skills in one or more of: Python, C#, or similar languages, with emphasis on backend systems. Handson with containers and Kubernetes; familiarity with Azure compute, storage, and networking concepts. Practical knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and service reliability practices. Solid understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, data modeling, concurrency, and performance optimization. Geospatial expertise: working with raster and vector data, tiling, indexing, coordinate systems, and formats such as COG and vector tiles. Experience building AI/ML pipelines for geospatial data (training, inference, evaluation, and monitoring) using Azure machine learning and data services. Background with PBscale data lakes, Spark/Daskstyle processing, and scalable search/discovery over large catalogs. Track record of delivering secure, multitenant services and applying cloud governance and compliance controls. Software Engineering IC4 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $158,400 - $258,000 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.