Microsoft

Software Engineer 2 - Azure Functions

Microsoft$102K — $202K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 2+ years of coding experience in languages like C#, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
  • In-depth expertise in C#/.NET preferred.
  • 4+ years of experience in software design, development, and shipping.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud-based distributed systems.
  • Exposure to AI/ML workloads such as LLMs and RAG pipelines.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills for technical issues in online services.
  • Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Develop open source and platform components using C# and various programming languages.
  • Build and ship features that define cloud-native and AI-powered applications.
  • Utilize AI tools across the software development lifecycle.
  • Proactively verify product feature assumptions using various debugging and testing methods.
  • Review product feature code to ensure quality and correct test coverage.
  • Create extensible and maintainable code with minimal supervision.
  • Collaborate with engineers on solution architecture and best practices.

Benefits

  • Ability to meet Microsoft security screening requirements upon hire and every two years.
  • Opportunities for ongoing professional development and training.
  • Work with cutting-edge technologies in AI and cloud systems.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Develop both open source and platform components written in C# and a variety of programming languages.
  • Build and ship the next set of features and tools that will define how cloud native and AI-powered applications are built.
  • Use appropriate artificial intelligence (AI) tools and practices across the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in a disciplined manner.
  • Supports efforts to use debugging, tests, tools, logs, telemetry, and other methods to proactively verify assumptions before issues occur for product features in production.
  • Reviews product feature code and test code to ensure it meets team standards, contains the correct test coverage, and is appropriate for the product feature.
  • Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable with minimal supervision.
  • Writes and learns to create code that is extensible and maintainable.
  • Considers diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability with few defects, and understands when the code is ready to be shared and delivered.
  • Collaborate with other engineers on the architecture of solutions, following technical leadership as applicable.
  • Contributes to the identification of requirements for, and development of automation within production and deployment of a complex product feature, targeting zero-touch deployment when possible.
  • Follows best practices for product development and scaling to customer requirements, and applies best practices for meeting scaling needs and performance expectations and security promises.
  • Builds knowledge, shares new ideas, and shares pinpoints of engineering tool gaps to improve software developer tools to support easier, faster, and more effective software engineering for complex product features.
  • Understands and applies security best practices and establishes code invariants to model "security as code," ensuring each layer is independently secure, and minimizing risk with minimal supervision.
  • Works with appropriate internal stakeholders (e.g., product manager, privacy/security subject matter expert, technical lead) to understand and determine customer/user requirements for a set of features.


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/Additional Qualifications:
  • In depth C#/.NET expertise is highly preferred.
  • 4+ years of professional experience designing, developing, and shipping software using any of C#/F#, Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Go or Rust.
  • Hands-on experience with distributed systems and services in the cloud.
  • Exposure to AI/ML workloads, such as building with LLMs, AI agents, RAG pipelines, or integrating models into cloud applications.
  • Experience with performance optimization of .NET based systems.
  • Proven ability troubleshooting complex technical issues for running online services.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Experience with Kubernetes.


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.

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