Software Engineer - II

Are you a customer-obsessed, AI-curious problem-solver who thrives in an inclusive, collaborative global team? The Azure Customer Experience (CXP) team’s mission is to transform Microsoft Cloud customers into fans. Through our deep engineering engagements with customers and teams across Microsoft, we analyze and amplify customer needs and drive the vision to improve Cloud quality, security, and reliability. Our culture of growth mindset and empowerment are central to who we are and how we work. 

The focus for our team is to build real-time, scalable, extensible services and intuitive, performant user experiences that are needed to help our customers succeed. If you are passionate about cloud computing and obsessed with customer experience, if you like working on globally distributed services utilizing groundbreaking technologies and want to play a significant role, then we have your next career position!

Every day, our customers stake their business and reputation on our cloud. You can help #Azure CXP provide our customers with the world-class cloud services they need to succeed. We are looking for a Software Engineer - II to join our team.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

Other Requirements:

• Ability 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: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred 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 Master'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.

• Experience designing, implementing, and shipping high scale distributed web services using C# or Java
• Experience in one or more web application dev frameworks like Angular, React, Redux, etc.
• Experience with distributed systems and a cloud technology stack such as Azure or Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Effective communication and collaboration skills
• Working knowledge of agile software development methodologies and tools that enable these, such as GitHub, Azure DevOps, etc.
• Proficiency in computer science concepts including data structures, algorithms, and software design patterns.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $98,300 - $193,200 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 $127,200 - $208,800 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

 Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 6, 2024.

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.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. 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.

• Design, implement, verify, deploy, and maintain high-quality code using modern engineering practices and tools.
• Produce extensible and maintainable designs and code.
• Optimize, debug, and refactor code to improve security, performance, maintainability, and effectiveness.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the team's processes, practices, and culture.
• Learn and adopt new technologies and frameworks as needed.
• You will be a meaningful part of a team that values diversity of thought and recognizes everyone for their personal strengths and desire to learn and grow.