Software Engineer II

Microsoft's Cloud business is expanding, and the Cloud Supply Chain (CSCP) organization is responsible for enabling the hardware infrastructure underlying this growth including AI! CSCP's vision is to empower customers to achieve more by delivering Cloud and AI capabilities at scale. Our mission is to deliver the world's computer with an industry-leading supply chain. The CSCP organization is responsible for traditional supply chain functions such as plan, source, make, deliver, but also manages supportability (spares), sustainability, and decommissioning of datacenter assets worldwide. We deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, OneDrive and the Microsoft Azure platform for external customers. Our infrastructure is supported by more than 300 datacenters around the world that enable services for more than 1 billion customers in over 90 countries.

The Cloud Supply Chain Engineering (CSCP-E) group is an exciting and fast-evolving engineering group within Microsoft that powers Microsoft's Cloud-first mission. We are responsible for supporting the supply chain that powers Microsoft's cloud infrastructure. This is a great opportunity to join a dynamic team and influence the way one of the world's largest and fastest growing cloud environments is built and supported.
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.

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

• Collaborate with stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contribute to the identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product area with minimal oversight.
• Create and implement code for products, services, or features, reusing code as applicable.
• Participate in efforts to break down larger work items into smaller tasks and provide estimations.
• Act as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI), working on-call to monitor systems, product features, or services for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, and gain approval to restore systems/products/services for simple issues.
• Build design, code, and deployment with security built in as default.
• Create detailed design and implementation based on functional requirements.
• Be a contributor to delivering high-quality, highly available services.
• Create improvements for systems and engineering processes with simplicity and maintainability as core tenets.
• Be a role model for an open, honest, and inclusive approach to problem-solving.
• Leverage subject-matter expertise of product features and partner with stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive project plans, release plans, and work items for the workgroup.
• Support and influence the team culture towards customer-centricity and continuous improvement.
• Implement practices that ensure accurate, safe, and efficient releases for our services.
• Leverage sound engineering practices and principles.

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 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 Qualifications:

• Industry experience with cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, Google).
• Experience with distributed systems, micro-service architecture, scalability patterns, and high-availability architectures.
• Experience with REST Based API's development, messaging patterns (e.g. Service bus, Event Hub, Storage Queues) and cloud storage technologies ( e.g. Cosmos DB).
• Proficient in problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to debugging and performance optimization.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead technical discussions.
• Experience in deploying, monitoring, and operating services in the cloud.
• Ability to learn and self-motivated.
• Problem-solving, troubleshooting, and organizational skills.
• Experience with or exposure to Agile and iterative development processes.
• Familiarity with modern engineering practices such as CI/CD and version control systems like Git.

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Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.