Microsoft

Software Engineer II - Backend

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18 hours ago
Redmond, WA, USAMid Level
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Base Salary

$102k - $219k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Create, implement, optimize, debug, refactor, and reuse code to improve performance, maintainability, effectiveness, and ROI.
  • Design, develop, and operationalize enterprise-grade cloud services using multiple services and platforms while ensuring high availability, scalability, robustness, and observability.
  • Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual by monitoring systems, responding to degradation and outages, alerting stakeholders, and initiating restoration actions.
  • Improve product availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance through new technical knowledge, trends, solutions, and operational patterns.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C#, JavaScript, Java, or Python, or equivalent experience.
  • Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check.
  • Preferred: 2+ years of software engineering practice, coding, data structures and algorithms, problem solving, debugging, and analytical experience.
  • Preferred: experience building on Azure services and using data-driven approaches to debugging and performance optimization.

Benefits

  • The typical U.S. base pay range is $102,100–$202,200 per year; location-specific ranges apply in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City metropolitan area.
  • Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
  • The position is open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.

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About Microsoft

10,000+ employees

Microsoft develops operating systems, productivity software, cloud services, developer tools, and consumer devices for individuals, enterprises, and governments. Its main products include Windows, Microsoft 365, Azure, Visual Studio/GitHub, Xbox, and LinkedIn; revenue comes from software subscriptions and licenses, cloud consumption, hardware sales, and advertising. Founded in 1975 and headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Microsoft is a public company traded on Nasdaq.

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