Microsoft

Software Engineer II - Finance Data & Experiences

Microsoft$102K — $202K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred
  • 3+ years technical experience or 5+ years with Bachelor's degree in place of Master's
  • Experience with AI technologies like Azure OpenAI and machine learning models
  • Strong collaborative skills across teams and functions

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable cloud-based data and automation solutions
  • Apply algorithms and data structures to develop high-quality solutions
  • Integrate AI capabilities to enhance system intelligence
  • Ensure engineering best practices throughout the solution lifecycle
  • Deploy monitoring and logging for proactive issue detection
  • Contribute to team culture focused on customer satisfaction and continuous improvement
  • Collaborate with product teams to enhance AI and Azure offerings
  • Leverage AI to automate code generation for data processing tasks
  • Use AI to maintain consistent coding standards in ETL scripts
  • Prototype new data solutions quickly using AI
  • Generate comprehensive documentation and tests with AI assistance

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Flexible work schedule
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Paid time off for vacation and holidays
  • Retirement savings plan with employer matching
  • Access to cutting-edge technologies and tools
Full Job Description
Overview

As a Software Engineer, you will independently use appropriate artificial intelligence tools and practice across the software development lifecycle. You will work with appropriate internal stakeholders to understand customer/user requirements for a set of features. You will create a clear test strategy that ensures solution quality, executes test plans, and builds testable code. You will strive for automation within production deployment aiming for zero-touch when possible. You will apply and review coding patterns, security risks, and compliance issues in code reviews. You will apply security best practices to achieve security hardening across product features.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, deploy, and operate scalable cloud-based data, analytics, automation and tooling solutions using modern data platforms and Cloud services.


  • Foundation of Data Structures, algorithms and Programming capabilities that can be applied to solve complex problems thereby helping with the build of solutions with strong foundations and high-quality delivery.


  • Integrate AI capabilities such as Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Services, and ML models to enhance system intelligence and user productivity.


  • Apply engineering best practices as you design and deliver high-quality, scalable solutions. Own your solution end to end through design, implementation, and operations.


  • Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting for proactive issue detection. Leverage telemetry and usage analytics to understand customer behavior and inform product decisions.


  • Support and influence the team culture, customer-centricity, and continuous improvement.


  • Provide technical feedback to our product engineering partners to evolve and mature our AI, Azure services and Power Platform.


  • Collaborate cross functionally across stakeholders, product managers and other engineers to deliver integrated, customer-focused experiences.


  • Leverage AI to auto-generate boilerplate code for data pipelines, SQL transformations, and Spark jobs, significantly reducing development time for repetitive tasks.


  • Use AI to enforce consistent coding patterns across ETL scripts and data model definitions, improving maintainability and reducing review cycles.


  • Utilize AI to quickly prototype new data engineering solutions including partitioning strategies, and schema evolution logic, enabling faster experimentation and learning.


  • Employ AI to assist in writing docstrings, inline comments, and unit tests for data processing functions, improving code readability and test coverage.


  • Share GitHub Copilot-generated snippets and best practices with the team, fostering a culture of AI-assisted development and continuous improvement.


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.

Preferred 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 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#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
    • OR equivalent experience.
  • Experience leveraging AI technologies, including Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, and machine learning models to drive business impact.
  • Ability to collaborate across teams and disciplines to deliver innovative solutions and business outcomes.
  • Experience building consensus, resolving conflicts, and managing stakeholder relationships in complex environments.


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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Microsoft is an American multinational corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services. Microsoft’s devices and consumer (D&C) licensing segment licenses the Windows operating system and related software, Microsoft Office for consumers, and the Windows Phone operating system. The company’s computing and gaming hardware segment provides Xbox gaming and entertainment consoles and accessories, second-party and third-party video games, and Xbox Live subscriptions; surface devices and accessories; and Microsoft PC accessories. Its phone hardware segment offers Lumia smartphones and other non-Lumia phones. Its D&C segment provides Windows Store, Xbox Live transactions, and Windows phone store; search advertising; display advertising; Office 365 Home and Office 365 Personal; first-party video games; and other consumer products and services as well as operating retail stores. Microsoft’s commercial licensing segments license server products, including Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses (CALs); Windows Embedded; Windows operating system; Microsoft Office for business, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and related CALs; Microsoft Dynamics business solutions; and Skype. Its commercial segment offers enterprise services, including premier support services and Microsoft consulting services; commercial cloud comprising Office 365 Commercial, other Microsoft Office online offerings, Dynamics CRM Online, and Microsoft Azure; and other commercial products and online services. The company markets and distributes its products through original equipment manufacturers, distributors, and resellers, as well as online.

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