OverviewWe are seeking a
Software Engineer to design, build, test, and operate cloud services that power collaboration between Microsoft and its partners. You will work on real-world engineering problems across APIs, distributed systems, security, data processing, and service reliability while learning from experienced engineers.
You will grow quickly by working on production systems used across Microsoft and its partners, learning how to build services that remain correct and available as usage, data volume, and integration complexity increase. You will ask good questions, raise risks early, and take pride in delivering secure, observable, and maintainable code. Your work will help Microsoft and external partners securely collaborate, exchange information, and manage critical engineering workflows at scale.
Success in this role requires a solid engineering foundation, curiosity, a growth mindset, and the ability to take a defined problem and drive it to completion with increasing independence.
No Relocation Offered For This Position
Responsibilities- Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate secure and scalable cloud services and APIs with guidance on larger design decisions.
- Own features end to end, from technical design and implementation through deployment and production support.
- Build reliable solutions involving APIs, data processing, authentication and authorization, and asynchronous workflows.
- Write high quality, maintainable, well-tested code and contribute to unit, integration, and automated test coverage.
- Implement authentication, authorization, data synchronization, and asynchronous processing logic that correctly handles retries, failures, and edge cases.
- Add telemetry, logging, and alerts to the features you build, and use them to monitor service health and diagnose issues.
- Participate in on-call rotation, live-site support and Investigate production issues and contribute to service reliability and operational improvements.
- Participate in design reviews and code reviews, incorporating feedback, and contributing to engineering quality.
- Collaborate with engineers, program managers, and partner teams to clarify requirements and deliver working solutions.
- Learn and apply team engineering standards, security and compliance practices, and responsible use of approved AI-assisted development tools.
QualificationsRequired/Minimum Qualifications:- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- OR equivalent experience.
Additional or preferred qualificationsOther 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:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field AND 1+ year of technical engineering experience with coding in languages such as C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- OR a Master's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- OR equivalent experience.
- Experience developing, testing, and debugging software in a professional or production environment.
- Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly and take defined tasks to completion with appropriate guidance.
- Good communication and collaboration skills in a team environment.
- Experience developing applications using one or more of:
- Experience designing and building REST APIs, microservices, or distributed systems.
- Experience with Azure or comparable cloud platforms.
- Problem-solving, debugging, and software design skills.
- Familiarity with relational or NoSQL databases, and messaging or queueing systems.
- Experience with authentication and authorization concepts such as OAuth, Microsoft Entra ID, or role-based access control.
- Experience working with cloud-native architectures, containers, or Kubernetes.
- Experience with source control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps practices.
- Exposure to monitoring, telemetry, or live-site operations.
- Experience leveraging AI tools to improve engineering productivity and operational efficiency.
- Communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams.
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Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 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 $111,100 - $183,700 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.
