Software Engineer II

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. 
 
Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. 

​​Within Azure Data, the messaging and real-time analytics team provides comprehensive solutions and a robust platform that enables users to ingest high granularity signals (real-time & observability) and complex data, converting those into a competitive advantage in real-time for both end users and modern applications.  ​ 

Are you passionate about building highly scalable, reliable cloud services that power critical applications around the world? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where innovation, collaboration, and data-driven thinking are core to how work gets done?  
 
The Azure Messaging team is hiring a Software Engineer II to help shape the next generation of our platform and control plane infrastructure. Our services handle tens of thousands of requests every second with low latencies, acting as the reliable backbone for customers across the globe. We're looking for dedicated, creative distributed systems engineers who are passionate about solving complex problems at scale
 
In this role, you’ll work on high-impact components that serve as the entry point for Azure Messaging services. Your work will be central to how customers configure and interact with our platform. You’ll architect and build scalable solutions that execute complex workflows across multiple sub-systems. You’ll also help lay the foundation for a next-generation platform layer designed to power rapid cluster deployment and enable new capabilities across our services.  
 
Beyond the core platform, the team applies its deep messaging expertise to power strategic scenarios in Microsoft Fabric — a completely managed SaaS offering. We enable the seamless ingestion, transformation, and cataloging of streaming data, helping customers unlock real-time insights with minimal operational overhead.  
 
This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team that operates at the heart of Azure’s messaging stack, where your contributions will directly influence the growth and reliability of the platform while enabling new experiences across Microsoft’s data ecosystem.  

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We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served. 

Required/Minimum 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 

• 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 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 equivalent experience.
• Proficient grasp of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, multithreading, and asynchronous programming.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Comfortable navigating complex product spaces and driving progress amid ambiguous or evolving requirements.
• Excellent communication skills—written, verbal, and visual—that support effective collaboration and influence across engineering teams and stakeholders.
• Experience with Azure Messaging services (e.g., Event Hubs, Service Bus, Event Grid) or similar messaging systems.
• Familiarity with control plane architecture, service management layers, or infrastructure automation.
• Proficiency with data-driven decision making — using metrics, telemetry, and experimentation to guide architectural and product choices.
• Ability to rapidly prototype solutions and evolve proof-of-concepts into robust, customer-ready features or end-to-end product offerings.

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.

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• ​​Design and implement high-quality, scalable, and resilient distributed systems by generating software specifications, proof-of-concepts, and prototype solutions from high-level requirements. 
  
• Write clean, extensible, and maintainable code. Continuously optimize, debug, refactor, and improve existing code to enhance performance, maintainability, and overall return on investment (ROI). 
  
• Apply metrics and best practices to ensure code quality and long-term stability. Conduct code reviews to uphold Microsoft and team-wide engineering standards, and to ensure solutions are robust, accurate, and built to scale.
• Collaborate closely with team members, stakeholders, and partner teams through all stages of the development lifecycle — from planning and design to deployment and support.
• Contribute to the reliability of hundreds of thousands of Azure applications by building the messaging infrastructure that underpins core platform capabilities such as event notification triggering, asynchronous communication, telemetry, and diagnostics. 
  

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