Data Engineer II

Microsoft Teams is core to Microsoft's vision for intelligent communications and productivity pane into modern workplace. As the hub for teamwork in Office 365, Microsoft Teams continues to build momentum across collaboration, chat, meetings, and calls, with over 320M monthly active users.

We are looking for an experienced Data Engineer II as part of the data engineering team in Redmond, USA, you will grow your skills working on highly scalable systems and the latest technologies, processing petabytes of data daily with Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Lake and Azure Data Explorer. You will collaborate closely with data science to derive actionable insights and influence our product and growth strategy.

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:

• Implement basic code to extra raw data, validate its quality, and ensure the correct data is ingested across multiple areas of work. You'll also apply standard modification techniques to transform raw data into forms compatible with downstream data sources.
• Design and maintain assigned data tools that are used to transform, manage, and access data. You'll also write code to validate the storage and availability of data platforms so that they're more resilient.
• Follow existing documentation to implement performance monitoring protocols across a data pipeline, building basic visualizations and aggregations to monitor pipeline health. You'll also implement solutions and improvements that minimize points of failure across a product feature.
• Follow data modeling and handling procedures to maintain compliance with all applicable laws and policies across your assigned workstreams. You'll also govern data accessibility within your assigned pipelines and models.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 1+ year(s) experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering
  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 2+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of big data experience with Apache Spark.

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:

• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 3+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Math, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in business analytics, data science, software development, data modeling, or data engineering OR equivalent experience.
• 1+ year(s) experience with data governance, data compliance and/or data security.
• Experience in any of the following languages or equivalent language: Scala, C#, Java, Python, Rust, SQL.
• Experience with Azure cloud.
• Data driven, customer focused, and organized.
• Experience operationalizing and supporting services.

Data 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.

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Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 9, 2025.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form .

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