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Responsibilities
As a Software Engineer II in our team, you will get an amazing opportunity to contribute to both business and technology. You will be a key member of our engineering team, drive full end to end engineering cycle of critical scenario, collaborate with internal partner teams and will be accountable for shipping service offerings that succeeds with our customers.
In this role you will:
- Drive end to end engineering cycle of cloud device platform scenarios that scales to provision, manage, and monitor health of millions of cloud-based virtual devices.
- Work across teams, collaborating with internal partner teams such as Azure Compute, Core OS, Microsoft Security and Identity team, and others.
- Build and maintain secure, distributed, scalable, and resilient micro-services using modern technologies.
- Raise the technical bar, maintain a data and results driven culture, and nurture a high-performance team to build world-class experiences for W365 and AVD end users, ITPros, partners, and operations teams.
- Get to extend your knowledge of cloud compute, hypervisors, desktop virtualization, streaming technologies, and other technical areas including cloud-based management suites.
- Be part of a team designing new platform capabilities involving virtualized compute, storage, networking, GPUs, and streaming protocols (such as Remote Desktop Protocol) for our core products to enhance the value to our customer base.
- Be a part of an agile team working with experienced engineers and product managers that behave more like a technology startup.
Qualifications
Required/Minimum 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.
Other Requirements: 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 Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Science or other technical field.
- 3+ years of software engineering experience building and shipping apps and/or services.
- Good at leveraging AI through all engineering activities including design, coding, validation, deployment, monitoring.
- Excellent technical design skills and proven ability to drive large scale system.
- designs for commercial projects or products.
- Fluent English communication skill.
- Ambitious, self-motivated.
- Agile, can-do attitude and great at dealing with ambiguity.
- Solid coding, debugging and problem-solving skills.
- Good AI agentic experience.
- Solid knowledge of object-oriented programming language paradigms.
- Ability to generate clarity in ambiguous situations.
- Ability to quickly ramp up, understand complex problems, and create solutions across many products.
- Great communication skills to collaborate cross-group and work effectively within the team.
- Expertise in developing large scale services.
- Expertise in OS hypervisor.
- Expertise in virtualization.
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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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience
- 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience)
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements
- Pass Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter
- 3+ years software engineering experience building and shipping apps and/or services
- Experience leveraging AI across engineering activities (design, coding, validation, deployment, monitoring)
- Excellent technical design skills and ability to drive large-scale system designs
- Fluent English communication skills
- Solid coding, debugging and problem-solving skills
- AI agentic experience
- Solid knowledge of object-oriented programming paradigms
- Expertise in developing large scale services
- Expertise in OS hypervisor and virtualization
- Agile, can-do attitude and ability to work with ambiguity
- Strong cross-group collaboration and communication skills
Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is presented as broadly competitive overall, with clear role/level/location variation and an emphasis on using posted ranges and band information for apples-to-apples comparisons.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are described as a standout, highlighted by a strong 401(k) match structure and immediate vesting, plus additional plan features for tax-advantaged saving.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-oriented benefits are portrayed as a meaningful strength, with substantial paid parental leave and added supports like back-up care and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
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