Software Engineer II

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Redmond, WA, USA
In-Office
102K-219K Annually
Junior
Software • Quantum Computing • Metaverse • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
The Role
Build and maintain reliable distributed cluster environments and engineering systems to accelerate product development and delivery. Design, implement, and support infrastructure (deployment automation, provisioning, validation pipelines) and collaborate with cross-team stakeholders. Produce secure, performant, maintainable code, contribute to architecture and roadmap, troubleshoot production issues, and participate in on-call rotations to maintain service health.
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Overview

Microsoft is a company where innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. 
 
Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture. 

​​Within Microsoft Fabric, the Data Analytics team delivers the core analytics experiences that allow customers to turn data into insight and action. Spanning data engineering, data warehousing, data science, and AI, this team enables end-to-end scenarios on a single, unified platform. By bringing structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data together, the team is advancing our mission to provide a seamless analytics experience that drives real business impact at enterprise scale.​ 

​​​​We are a full-stack engineering team within Fabric SQL Data Warehouse, focused on building world-class infrastructure and engineering systems to accelerate feature development and delivery for the next-generation SaaS Enterprise Data Warehouse.    
 
Our immediate mission is to enable rapid, predictable, and high-quality product releases by driving core changes across both the product and its surrounding systems. This includes designing and implementing next-gen infrastructure that empowers fast, reliable development cycles.    
 
We’re tackling complex challenges such as deployment automation, cluster provisioning, branching strategies, and robust validation pipelines—leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including AI, to shift quality left and streamline engineering workflows. Our work spans multiple teams and components across the Fabric SQL Data Warehouse and SQL Server ecosystem, with emphasis on serving internal stakeholders like engineers and release managers.    
 
We are a close-knit, collaborative team that values diversity, continuous learning, and data-driven decision-making. We embrace agile development and are passionate about delivering developer and customer experiences. If you're excited about building foundational systems that empower engineering at scale, we’d love to have you join us!  We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.   
 At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We foster a culture of inclusion, growth, and innovation, built on values of respect, integrity, and accountability. If you're passionate about driving meaningful impact, solving complex problems, and contributing to a growing organization, we would love to hear from you.   
 We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.  


Responsibilities
  • ​​Build and maintain highly reliable cluster/distributed environments and enable engineers to rapidly deploy bits and verify their changes end to end  
  • Design, develop and maintain highly reliable engineering systems and infrastructure that enable building world class products leveraging new technologies and AI  
  • Work with a large set of engineers across orgs and teams to troubleshoot issues, find root causes and bring them to closure  
  • Support development teams and internal stakeholders by maintaining and running tight and efficient engineering systems and services  
  • Partner with stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical leads) to define product requirements and create technical designs for future product capabilities  
  • Collaborate with members within and across teams at Microsoft  
  • Produce extensible and maintainable code with a focus on security, reliability, diagnosability, and performance  
  • Lead design discussions with the team and share learnings from investigations, holding ownership for design decisions  
  • Contribute to the roadmap, architecture, design and planning  
  • Participate in on-call rotation for maintaining service health along with other things​ ​  

Other:

  • Embody our Culture and Values


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

Other Requirement :-

  • 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/Additional Qualifications 

  • ​​Master'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++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience. 
  • 3+ years of experience in design and development of computing systems  
  • Experience working in a fast-paced environment working with several teams to develop production quality software  
  • Proven track record in delivering reliable, scalable and highly performant end-to-end solutions  
  • Communication and demonstrated ability to drive cross-team improvements  
  • Hands-on engineering experience developing and managing scalable cloud services


Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 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 $133,800 - $219,200 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.

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience).
  • Ability to meet Microsoft Cloud Background Check and other Microsoft/customer security screening requirements (must pass upon hire/transfer and every two years).
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience).
  • 3+ years of experience in design and development of computing systems (preferred).
  • Experience working in fast-paced environments with multiple teams to develop production-quality software (preferred).
  • Proven track record delivering reliable, scalable, high-performance end-to-end solutions (preferred).
  • Hands-on engineering experience developing and managing scalable cloud services (preferred).
  • Strong communication and ability to drive cross-team improvements (preferred).

Microsoft Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Microsoft and has not been reviewed or approved by Microsoft.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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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