Software Engineer 2

Microsoft 365 is at the center of Microsoft’s cloud first, devices first strategy as it brings together cloud versions of our most trusted communications and collaboration products such as Windows, Exchange, SharePoint, Yammer, and Lync with the latest version of our desktop suite and mobile apps. Our customers depend on our services to run their organizations, whether that is a Fortune 500 company, a small business, a non-profit, or an educational institution.

Are you passionate about cloud technology and building leading software and services? Microsoft 365 and Windows are the locomotive driving Microsoft's growing valuation and is critical to the company's future. The M365 cloud offers a set of intelligent, high-value services and a compliant environment that enables the next generation of transformative end-user experiences for the entire company. Our team has an opportunity for you to get involved in designing and building a core part of the stack.

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.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep interest in software development.
• Knowledge of computing concepts such as security, search technology, AI, multi-threaded programming, performance, reliability, scalability, and security.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

• Work in the Microsoft productivity suite where you enable millions of users to great search experience for M365 products like Share point, Outlook, Teams and Windows.
• Stay at the cutting edge of the cloud technology.
• Build distributed, highly available and resilient systems.
• Design and implement authentication solutions for services and applications.
• Work with services spanning thousands of servers, doing tens of billions of transactions and serving hundreds of millions of users.
• Keep abreast of emerging authentication technologies and security threats.