Microsoft Software Engineer II 

United Kingdom, England, Cambridge 

570073871

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Masters Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C#.
• C# experience
• Microsoft Azure experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing UI with React
• Languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• Experience in multi-threading and asynchronous programming
• Experience building and deploying services to Azure
• Enjoy discovering and solving problems; proactively seeking clarification of requirements and direction; being a self-starter who takes responsibility and drives consensus
• Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and working independently
• A willingness to learn, share, and improve
• Great written and verbal communication skills

• Great interpersonal skills with ability to convey technical content to a varied audience
• Learn and apply new skills in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

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.

Responsibilities

• Acts 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.
• Grow your knowledge of how products and services work, with a history of developing, deploying and evolving products in a dev-ops managed production environment.
• Work in an agile and collaborative environment, you will interact with many of the other teams to build a platform teams across the company will use.
• 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.