Software Engineer II

We need a skilled Software Engineer II to lead in areas like large-scale data processing, advanced training techniques, and feature engineering. You'll handle complex tasks and drive projects from start to finish, involving idea generation, collaboration with partner teams, and managing execution and deployment details. We seek experienced engineers ready to contribute to Bing Multimedia.

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 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.
    

Preferred Qualifications:

• Great problem solving and analytical skills.
• Well versed with DevOps practices.
• Excellent communicator, capable of building and maintaining relationships with various Microsoft teams.
• Related experiences in search/recommendation algorithms, Big data analytics are big pluses.
• Knowledge on cloud development and micro-services serverless functions is a plus.
• Experience with web technologies: JavaScript (incl. React, Angular, or Vue), XHTML/HTML5, CSS.
• A working knowledge of CI and CD pipelines in a development cycle.

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.

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• Oversee and deliver full features, covering design, architecture, implementation, testing, debugging, and deployment.
• Keep up with industry trends and security standards to guide foundational service designs.
• Work with Product Managers, Designers, Architects, and stakeholders on end-to-end service design.
• Lead design and code reviews to maintain high quality.
• Focus on live site and operational excellence.
• Align the team’s engineering strategy with organizational goals and adhere to best practices.
• Develop high-quality cloud-based solutions using an agile methodology.
• Ensure all projects deliver agreed business value, meet deadlines, and maintain top quality.
• Make sure all features follow engineering best practices, have scalable architecture, elegant design, and high-quality implementation.
• Comply with security, accessibility, GDPR, and performance standards.
• Use customer and production data for technical design and implementation decisions.