Software Engineer II
Microsoft
If you are a Software Engineer II passionate about advancing engineering excellence, leveraging AI to solve reliability challenges, and making a direct impact on millions of customers, we encourage you to apply and join our mission to transform Microsoft’s quality engineering landscape.
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.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop large-scale distributed services using modern engineering practices.
- Improve test coverage, implement integration tests, and resolve problem areas.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to co-develop scalable, impactful solutions.
- Build reusable engineering tools that boost service health, reduce operational overhead, and empower teams with actionable insights.
- Enhance observability across business-critical services to accelerate detection and diagnosis of issues.
- Strengthen on-call effectiveness by modernizing incident response workflows and leveraging intelligent systems.
Qualifications
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.
- Proficiency in C#, Java, or equivalent programming languages.
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in large-scale enterprise environments.
- Experience building or operating observability platforms (monitoring, logging, tracing).
- Experience building reliable and performant systems.
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement automated solutions that reduce manual effort.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) and microservices architectures.
- Knowledge of AI/ML concepts and practical experience integrating AI-driven features into engineering workflows is highly desired.
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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.