Microsoft Software Engineer II 

United States, Washington 

559554466

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer ScienceOR 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.
• 2 years of experience developing distributed web service applications with highly concurrent server-side code.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science OR related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, OR Python
  • OR Master'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.
• 4+ years of experience creating, releasing, and evolving large commercial software components or products at scale.
• Experience with Serverless infrastructure, NOSQL databases and high volume / throughput web applications and their design.
• Experience of collaborating across teams to deliver complete features and end-to-end customer experiences.
• Exceptional customer empathy and willingness to learn.

• Design and develop large-scale distributed software services and solutions.
• Knowledge of how products and services work, with a history of developing, deploying and evolving products in a dev-ops managed production environment.
• You will design features and capabilities to enable experiences for millions of users, interacting with the service through dedicated Web and mobile clients, and through Teams.
• Carry out quick technology “spikes” (or proofs of concepts, flighting) to create value in new features and service.
• Working in an agile and collaborative environment, you will interact with many of the other major Microsoft 365 teams to build cross service integrations, such as Teams, SharePoint, and Exchange.
• Clear and effective communication skills, be it when you write code, send emails, or explain complex technical issues to non-technical co-workers.
• A desire to make things better, whether it be in how we optimize our inner dev loop, how we test our code, or how we can make deployments happen at light speed. You're always looking for ways we can be better as a team.
• Reliable and responsible work ethic. You enjoy taking on responsibility within your role, on projects you have initiated, and you also enjoy bringing out the best in your teammates.
• Analyzing and improving service efficiency and reliability.

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