Software Engineer II

Are you a Software Engineer II who thrives in a cutting-edge environment where you get to work with some of the largest data volumes on the web?  Do you have a rich history of crafting innovative solutions utilizing HDFS, Spark, Flink, Presto and Data Lakes?  Are you challenged by large scale projects utilizing trillions of records to drive and innovate product experiences for end-users?  Does it sound exciting to help modernize a petabyte scale big data and analytics platform? Then this is the role for you.   

The Telemetry and Data Service team, part of the WWE Platform Services, have been modernizing our petabyte scale big data and analytics platform to help provide personalized search and news experience on MSFT canvases. Our charter includes collecting product signals from product teams across WWE including Bing.com, MSN, and Windows, providing observability/analytics /insights that drive product innovation and business reporting.  We also build audience segmentation and campaigns/personalization for better product alignment and user understanding.  We seek to understand ad alignment and usage with our products as well as share optimizations with internal product and finance teams and develop AI/ML capabilities to support content and product personalization to name a few.   You will be working in a hybrid technology space that combines the best from Azure and open source world.

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.

Preferred Qualifications:   

• 5+ years of experience in one or more high level languages (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python)
• Experience data manipulation (SQL, Hadoop, Spark), NoSql DBs, and/ or BI Tools
• Experience in streaming processing, familiar with Kafka, Spark, Flink tools   
• Experience analyzing data to identify deliverables, gaps, and inconsistencies    
• Experience in building big data engineering initiatives    
• Experience in Azure, AWS, Google cloud   
• Proficient user empathy with an obsession for clean and functional user experiences, constantly thinking of our end-users    
• Proficient communication skills, capable of building and maintaining relationships with a variety of people on other teams  

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 - $182,600 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 $120,900 - $198,600 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 May 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.

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• Plan, build roadmap for big data strategies, data foundation, data assets to drive longer term needs for the team and partners   

• Design, build and own the optimal data processing architecture and systems for new data and analytics pipelines, dashboards and metrics leveraging Azure and open source technologies   

• Build core datasets as well as scalable and fault-tolerant pipelines   

• Build data anomaly detection, data quality checks, and optimize pipelines for ideal compute and storage systems while guaranteeing quality and SLA datasets   

• Collaborate with cross functional partners including data scientists, product managers and software engineers to design and develop end-to-end data assets that help improve our products.   

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• Embody our Culture  &  Values