Microsoft · 10 hours ago
Software Engineer II
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$101K/yr - $199K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft is building a planet-scale multi-modal database and is seeking a Software Engineer II to lead and collaborate with a team of engineers. The role involves coding responsibilities, collaborating with stakeholders, and driving the development of system-level software integrated with Artificial Intelligence.
Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware
Responsibilities
This will be an individual contributor role with the majority of time focused on coding responsibilities
Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario
Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI)
Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items
Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate
Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale
Embody our culture and values
Qualification
Required
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(s) experience with cloud technologies, including, but not limited to Azure, AWS, Google Cloud
Currently programming/coding in your current or most recent role
Hands-on experience with asynchronous programming and concurrency (threads, tasks, futures, async/await)
Preferred
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
Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and/or Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Experience with Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS)
Experience with live site operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or production support roles
Experience with Helm
Experience in shipping products and services
Company
Microsoft
Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1MKey Investors
Technology Venture Investors
2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity
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1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M
Leadership Team
Satya Nadella
Chairman and CEO
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