Software Engineer II at Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Mar, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Dec, 25

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, NoSQL, Azure, OpenAI APIs, AI Tools, Test-Driven Development, CI/CD Pipelines, Problem-Solving, Collaboration, Telemetry

Industry

Software Development

Description

We are looking for a strong developer to help realize the above story. Ideal candidate will thrive amid ambiguity and enjoy building lasting systems in collaboration with others where success not only includes business value but having a cost-effective, reliable, state and scalable solution. Candidate must possess strong analytical, design and coding skills. In this role you will have the opportunity to design and develop software and services at scale, innovating on the latest technologies and following modern engineering practices. Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight. Helps to identify other teams and technologies that will be leveraged, how they will interact, and when one's system may provide support to others. Contributes to determining back-end dependencies associated with product, application, service, or platform functionality for product features. Identifies areas to efforts to integrate instrumentation for gathering telemetry data on system behavior such as performance, reliability, availability, usage, and safety mechanisms. Contributes to sustaining feedback loops from telemetry resulting in subsequent designs. Helps to create outputs of telemetry such as notifications or dashboards. Creates a clear and articulated plan for testing and assuring quality of solutions, and defines success for outcomes of tests (e.g., unit tests). Adds new tests, removes antiquated tests, and aggregates tests to improve tests in the feature area. Helps to drive efforts for augmenting test cases and ensures that the solution area has good test coverage. Helps to integrate automation features when planning for testing. Maintain close technical relationship with partner teams, provide technical leadership and drive for engineering excellence and results. * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Strong understanding of Windows operating system internals. Proficiency in building cloud-native applications on Azure. Hands-on experience with OpenAI APIs or similar LLM-based platforms. Solid experience with SQL and NoSQL databases (e.g., Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MongoDB). 3+ years of experience in software development with C/C++ or equivalent Exposure to assembly, OS kernel, low-level trouble shooting and debugging. Experience with cloud platforms, Azure, Kusto, Python, AI tools is added advantage. Proven expertise in developing frameworks and solutions that scale across multiple teams and products. Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to design and implement scalable, high-performance solutions. Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multiple teams and align technical efforts with organizational goals. Experience with AI agent frameworks (e.g., Semantic Kernel, LangChain). Functional knowledge of test-driven development and CI/CD pipelines. Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

The Software Engineer II will design and develop software and services at scale, focusing on creating cost-effective and reliable solutions. The role involves collaborating with other teams, identifying dependencies, and ensuring quality through testing and telemetry integration.