Software Engineer II

Microsoft is leading the AI strategy with an ambitious mission to democratize AI, make it an essential ingredient for delivering breakthrough customer experiences and to ensure the benefits of AI reach every person and organization on the planet, safely and responsibly.

Azure Open AI team is at the forefront of building and delivering this innovation with massive scale powering every OpenAI customer and scenarios in the industry.

As part of this team, you’ll work on the largest AI services at Microsoft, learn in a fast paced, live-site focused environment, and deliver customer value with everything we do.

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team.

The job provides an opportunity to impact on one of the fastest growing services in Azure that is critical to the Microsoft AI strategy ,work in a world class engineering team of engineers, architects, and leadership that will help you grow your career and innovate around the developer experience and define how developers leverage cutting edge AI technologies and build world class applications.

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.

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

Responsibilities

We’re looking for a Software Engineer II who is passionate about building services that bring state-of-the-art OpenAI models to customers.

• Design, implement and deliver Azure OpenAI services meeting Azure Standards and enterprise promise.
• Use data-driven approach to build operational insights and drive operational excellence.
• Oversees the lifecycle of service delivery and service monitoring, find new and innovative ways to detect defects and improve livesite quality.
• With a focus on engineering velocity, provide our own engineers with the best set of development tools and empower every engineer on the team to do their best work.
• Enable customers to leverage various machine learning scenarios to drive tangible business impact.
• Provide feedback and help to improve our day-to-day development process and live site maintenance.

Other:

• Embody our Culture and Values

Qualifications

Required 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                                                                                                                                   o OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of experience in cloud services development.
• 2+ years of programming experience in C#, Java, or C++ with proficiency in engineering practices.

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 Qualifications:

• Experience building online services for consumers at scale and solid programming skills in C#, .NET core, Kubernetes, WebSockets, multi-threaded microservices.
• Experience building large scale AI services.
• Proficient with platform/API design, debugging and data analysis skills.
• Experience in engineering methodologies: Unit testing, Test Driven Development and a firm commitment to quality
• Proven track record of shipping high-quality software on time
• Effective communication skills and experience in cross-group projects.