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Microsoft · 3 hours ago

Software Engineer II

Redmond, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$101K/yr - $199K/yr

2+ years exp

Microsoft is building a planet-scale multi-modal database and infrastructure for executing agents, integrating Artificial Intelligence into all parts of the stack. As a Software Engineer II, you will collaborate with a team to operate services for enterprise customers, focusing on coding, debugging, and maintaining service levels.

Agentic AIApplication Performance ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)Business DevelopmentDevOpsInformation ServicesInformation TechnologyManagement Information SystemsNetwork SecuritySoftware

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

This is an individual contributor role requiring extensive coding in C++, C#/Java

Able to independently execute in the face of ambiguity

Writes efficient systems code and able to debug distributed systems

Qualification

C++C#JavaAsynchronous programmingConcurrencyAzure Kubernetes ServiceAmazon EKSGoogle Kubernetes EngineDatabase enginesAI systemsSite Reliability EngineeringHelmDesign skillsDebugging skillsProblem solvingCommunication skillsContinuous learning

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#, or Java

OR equivalent experience

This is an individual contributor role requiring extensive coding in C++, C#/Java

Able to independently execute in the face of ambiguity

Writes efficient systems code and able to debug distributed systems

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C++, C#, Java

OR equivalent experience

Experience in shipping products and reliable, scalable services

Currently programming/coding in your current or most recent role

Hands on experience with asynchronous programming and concurrency (threads, tasks, futures, async/await)

Experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), and/or Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Experience in building database engines, query engines, indexing solutions (columnar, full-text, vector), at scale

Experience with programming CUDA, AI systems at scale

Experience with live site operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) or production support roles

Experience with Helm

Benefits

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

H1B Sponsorship

Microsoft has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (9192)

2024 (9343)

2023 (7677)

2022 (11403)

2021 (7210)

2020 (7852)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$1M

Key Investors

Technology Venture Investors

2022-12-09Post Ipo Equity

1986-03-13IPO

1981-09-01Series Unknown· $1M

Leadership Team

Satya Nadella

Chairman and CEO

Vukani Mngxati

Chief Executive Officer - Microsft South Africa

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