Microsoft

Back-End Software Engineer II

Microsoft • $102K — $202K *
Redmond, WA 98052In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years of technical engineering experience in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience with a mocking framework.
  • 2+ years with a NoSQL data store, specifically CosmosDB.
  • 2+ years supporting a live service as an on-call engineer or related.
  • High level of expertise in system design, distributed computing, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

  • Leverage Test-Driven Development (TDD) and telemetry for rapid engineering improvements.
  • Architect and implement software systems to solve diverse problems.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify user requirements for new features.
  • Identify dependencies and develop design documents with minimal supervision.
  • Create and implement reusable code for products and services.
  • Break down larger work items and provide accurate estimations.
  • Monitor the system for interruptions and approve restoration actions where necessary.
  • Curate deployment processes and maintain Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.
  • Stay updated on advancements to enhance service reliability and performance.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on government asset protection initiatives.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge machine learning technologies.
  • Collaboration in a team-oriented environment focused on real-time analysis.
  • Professional development through exposure to advanced engineering practices.
Full Job Description
Overview

Make a difference protecting government assets! The Machine Learning Engine team leverages various Machine Learning technologies to analyze payloads at scale and near real time.

As a (back-end) Software Engineer II on the MLE team, you will be responsible for making changes to ensure we have a scalable, reliable, and performant service. This opportunity will allow you to demonstrate a habit of writing testable C# code and unit tests featuring the MOQ mocking framework, refactoring to well-known OOP design patterns. This team relies heavily on CosmosDB NoSQL document stores. This role will involve adding automation, alerting, and monitoring to ensure the health of our service while working with others on the team to drive meaningful improvements to availability and latency of our services. You will also be responsible for curating deployment processes and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template scripts. ARM templates will take up a sizeable percentage of your time.

Responsibilities
  • Leverage TDD and mocking to speed up our engineering OODA loop, and use telemetry and monitoring to speed up our customer pain points OODA loop.
  • Architects and Implements software systems to solve a variety of problems.
  • Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
  • Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
  • Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
  • Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
  • Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
  • Curates deployment processes and scripts.
  • Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
  • Embody our culture and values.


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:
  • Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This role will require access to information that is controlled for export under export control regulations, potentially under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations or Export Administration Regulations, the EU Dual Use Regulation, and/or other export control regulations. As a condition of employment, the successful candidate will be required to provide either proof of their country of citizenship or proof of their U.S. permanent residency or other protected status (e.g., under 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) for assessment of eligibility to access the export-controlled information. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's citizenship will be verified with a valid passport. Lawful permanent residents, refugees, and asylees may verify status using other documents, where applicable
  • Citizenship & Citizenship Verification: This position requires verification of citizenship due to citizenship-based legal restrictions. Specifically, this position supports United States federal, state, and/or local government agency customers and is subject to certain citizenship-based restrictions where required or permitted by applicable law. To meet this legal requirement, and as a condition of employment, the successful candidate's US citizenship will be verified with a valid passport.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • 2+ years of experience with a mocking framework.
  • 2+ years experience with a NoSQL data store.
  • 2+ years of experience supporting a live service. Relevant experience can include being an on call engineer, working on deployment infrastructure, or managing livesite processes and procedures for a team.
  • 2+ years working on service maturity and fundamentals. Relevant experience can include working on applying security best practices, working on reducing the cost of running a service, or working to apply industry best practices to an existing service.
  • 2+ years working on measuring the reliability of an existing service and making direct technical contributions that resulted in the improvement of the availability of the service.
  • High level of expertise in system design, distributed computing, and performance optimization.
  • Experience working on projects to improve the quality of large scale services and experience working with a mocking framework.
  • Experience working on projects to improve the quality of large scale services.
  • 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#, OR Java, OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, OR Java, OR equivalent experience.


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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100.00 - $202,200.00 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 $133,800.00 - $219,200.00 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.

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