Software Engineer II

Azure Edge+Platform [E+P] is responsible for Microsoft’s Operating Systems, IoT and Edge products, Engineering Systems, and Health Platforms that span cloud-to-edge and edge-to-cloud. E+P is the platform team for the company and the foundation upon which virtually every Microsoft product and service, like Azure, Xbox, HoloLens, Visual Studio, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Teams, is built. E+P products and services enable engineers to build out, deploy, manage, monitor, and secure Azure, Windows, and the rest of Microsoft. We are looking to add a Software Engineer II to the E+P team. Additionally, E+P is responsible for several multibillion-dollar businesses of its own including Windows and Azure Monitor. E+P’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, meeting them where they live, work, and make decisions-at the edge.

Engineering Systems [ES] is a team in Azure Edge+Platform that builds and operates the Engineering System for two of the largest businesses at Microsoft: Azure and Windows. We provide our engineers, who work on code ranging from Azure Services to Windows and Linux based products, with tools and services to empower them to deliver world-class quality and secure products, with efficiency and high developer productivity, in a fiscally responsible way. This in turn helps enable Microsoft to deliver more functionality, of higher quality, with better security, and do it faster and more economically.

Do you want to work on a project that improves the quality, security, and compliance of Microsoft products that run on 1.4 billion devices around the world?  Are you interested in building compelling and complex code-analysis services?  If so, then you might be the perfect fit for our Engineering Platform team!

About the ES Engineering Platform Team 

We are a diverse and inclusive team of software engineers who develop highly scalable services which form a key role in the security and compliance of Microsoft’s largest products.  As part of the team, you will work on the entire stack of these services – from key algorithms to scalable infrastructure, and from integrations with business-critical systems to building analytics and monitoring.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees, we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing, testing, and deploying features in code analysis services, operating within Azure VMs and Kubernetes clusters.
• Collaborating with other engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to understand the requirements and deliver high quality and reliable analysis for a wide range of customers.
• Troubleshooting and resolving issues across multiple services and infrastructure, as well as improving that infrastructure to prevent future issues.
• Researching and exploring new technologies and trends that can improve the quality of the services and their operation.

Embody our Culture  &  Values 

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/Additional Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technica