Microsoft · 14 hours ago
Software Engineer II - Office Suite Shared Experiences
United States, Washington, Redmond
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$101K/yr - $199K/yr
2+ years expMicrosoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be, and build what’s next. We are seeking a Software Engineer II who is excited about building scalable data pipelines, high-reliability shared services, and AI-driven engineering and insight tools, blending service engineering, data engineering, and applied AI/LLM work.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement high‑scale data pipelines (batch + streaming) and shared, multi‑tenant services used across Office
Ship clean, maintainable, well‑tested code in languages such as C#, Python, Java, C++, or TypeScript/JavaScript
Develop robust observability (Metrics, Events, Logs, Traces) to ensure system health and strong reliability
Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) on a rotational basis to monitor, troubleshoot, and mitigate service issues
Contribute to post‑incident analysis, service improvements, and operational maturity aligned with expectations for engineers at this career stage
Build prototypes and production services using LLMs (Large Language Models), agents, and ML workflows to surface insights, automate triage, and improve developer/feature efficiency
Partner with PM, Applied Science, Data Science, and partner engineering teams to define data instrumentation, insights, and intelligence experiences
Work across Office and Copilot organizations to align system architecture and shared investments
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related 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
2+ years experience building cloud services, distributed systems, or data pipelines
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
Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering OR equivalent experience
Experience with large‑scale data processing, distributed systems, and backend service development
Familiarity with observability frameworks and MELT (Metrics, Events, Logs, Traces) instrumentation
Experience designing or integrating LLM/agentic workflows (RAG, tool/function calling, orchestration)
Comfort with Jupyter for exploration and insight generation
Company
Microsoft
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