Software Engineer II

Do you want to be at the forefront of innovating the latest hardware designs to propel Microsoft’s cloud growth? Are you seeking a unique career opportunity that combines both technical capabilities, cross team collaboration, with business insight and strategy?

Join our Strategic Planning and Architecture (SPARC) team within Microsoft’s Azure Hardware Systems & Infrastructure (AHSI) organization and be a part of the organization behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission.  

Microsoft delivers more than 200 online services to more than one billion individuals worldwide and AHSI is the team behind our expanding cloud infrastructure. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's cloud businesses including Microsoft Azure, Bing, MSN, Office 365, OneDrive, Skype, Teams and Xbox Live. 

The SPARC organization manages Azure’s hardware roadmap from architecture concept through production for all of Microsoft’s current and future on-line services. This role is for a highly motivated Software Engineer II with a strong background in python and DevOps. You will be involved with building performance modelling tools for AI applications, scale infrastructures and improve SW architecture.

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. 

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/Additional Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar role. 
• Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell. 
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools like Azure DevOps. 
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. 
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail. 
• Solid communication and collaboration skills.
• Working knowledge of prevailing LLM models and frameworks like Tensorflow, Pytorch is a plus.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana. 
• Familiarity with visualization and reporting tools like PowerBI is a plus.
• Experience with agile methodologies and practices. 

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 January 6, 2025.

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.

#SPARCjobs 

• Develop in-house performance modeling tool for Machine Learning Systems.

• Identify performance bottlenecks, optimize resource utilization, and implement improvements to enhance performance.

• Integrate CI/CD pipelines into the software development process.

• Design and maintain databases for large-scale design-space exploration experiments.

• Automation and tooling to enable data upload from experiments to cloud storage for efficient data retrieval and querying.

• Come up with dashboards to maintain performance visualization and build infrastructure for improving the analysis framework.

• Guide teams in designing, building, testing, and deploying changes to existing software.

• Identify manual processes that can be automated.

• Consider the organization’s entire infrastructure when making changes and improvements.

• Maintain and improve the org’s infrastructure.

• Implement, install, upgrade, troubleshoot, and manage the configuration and maintenance of codebase.

• Collaborate with team members to define product requirements and implementation.

• Embody our culture and values.