Microsoft

Software Engineer II

Microsoft • $85K — $169K *
Vancouver, BC V5K 5J9In-Person
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
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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.
  • Preferred 2+ years of professional development experience in object-oriented languages, managing entire features.
  • Hands-on development and coding are essential responsibilities.
  • Experience with cloud services, preferably Azure, and backend technologies like REST and GraphQL.
  • Strong communication skills to influence decisions and collaborate effectively across teams.

Responsibilities

  • Innovate with AI tools and technologies to enhance engineering productivity.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define user requirements for features.
  • Identify dependencies and develop design documents with minimal oversight.
  • Implement and create code for products and services, reusing existing code where possible.
  • Break down larger tasks into smaller work items and estimate them accurately.
  • Act as a Designated Responsible Individual for on-call system monitoring and issue resolution.
  • Invest time to stay current with industry developments to improve product performance.
  • Leverage existing solutions from peers and open-source projects to maximize efficiency.
  • Design cloud solutions using microservice architecture for ease of adoption by other teams.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge AI and cloud technologies.
  • Collaborative environment fostering innovation and continuous learning.
  • Access to a strong professional network within Microsoft and the tech industry.
  • Potential for career advancement within a leading global tech company.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities
  • Innovate and experiment with the use of AI tools and workflows and other frontier technologies to make the job of engineer easier and more productive.
  • 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 (at times i.e. in rotation) 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.
  • 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.
  • Leverages the work of others, including the work of peers, of internal Microsoft solutions, and of open-source and industry solutions, to avoid reinventing the wheel.
  • Designs cloud solutions using microservice architecture and other techniques. Packages up solutions to make them easy and attractive for other teams to follow.


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:
  • 2+ years of professional development and design experience in object oriented languages, with responsibility ownership across entire features.
  • Hands-on software development and coding are core responsibilities of this role.
  • Experience with cloud compute and cloud storage, preferably Azure.
  • 2+ years of professional experience building backend HTTP web services with REST, GraphQL, or OData, and frontend experiences with JavaScript, TypeScript and a modern framework like React.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence technical decisions and collaborate effectively across teams.
  • Depth of knowledge and language experience in .NET C#.
  • Experience in service delivery technologies (ASP.NET WebAPI+MVC Razor, WCF) and industry standards (REST, OData, GraphQL, JSON).
  • Depth of knowledge and language experience in JS/TS.
  • Experience in experience delivery technologies (build tools, css, state management, routing, telemetry, responsive design, accessibility).
  • Solid scalable database background (SQL, Azure Table, DocumentDB, etc.).
  • Good understanding of identity systems (OAuth2, etc.).


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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $85,800 - CAD $169,300 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Software Engineering IC3 - L'échelle salariale de base typique pour ce rôle dans l'ensemble du Canada est de 85,800 $ CAD à 169,300 $ CAD par année.

Pour plus d'information au sujet de la rémunération, veuillez cliquer ici:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Ce poste sera ouvert pendant au moins cinq jours et les candidatures seront acceptées de façon continue jusqu'à ce que le poste soit pourvu.

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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Size
181,000 employees
Market Cap
$1,762.4 billion
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Net Income
$51.3 billion
Founded
1975
5 Year Trend
+15.5%
Revenue
$153.2 billion
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