Software Engineer II

As a Software Engineer II on the Windows Engineering team, you will have the opportunity to create, invent, and change the world through software. You will be part of a team that is responsible for delivering software that is constantly updating, running at hyper-scale, and meeting the demands of a rapidly evolving industry. The Reach team’s goal is to enable teams to rapidly deliver value to all our millions of users to increase user retention and attachment to our services.

You will have the opportunity to impact millions of daily Windows users via the features you build.  You will have the opportunity to impact your fellow engineers via the tooling and infrastructure you build to enable us to ship rapidly with quality. We will use the right tool for the right problem including AI/Small Language Small (SLM)/ Large Language Models (LLM) to improve engineering flows and experiences. 

We are looking for a data-driven and customer-obsessed engineer who likes the challenge of working on features that span the entire development stack across Windows OS, the Web and our infrastructure.   

If you enjoy working in a global, diverse, and inclusive team that is not afraid to push the envelope to produce customer and business value this is the team for you! 

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.
• 1+ year of experience in Systems Engineering.

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

• 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• 2+ years of experience with Windows Development and Windows Debugging.
• Ability to work in and across multiple domains, technologies, and situations.
• Proficient communication, and collaboration skills.
• Experience building and shipping production grade software or services.

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 July 9, 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.

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
• Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale

Other

• Embody our Culture and Values