Software Engineer II

Are you ready to make a global impact? Join the Edge Distribution Services (EDS) Web Services team at Microsoft, where we architect and operate the backend web services that help deliver critical software like new Windows features, security patches, and apps to billions of devices worldwide. Our services are the backbone of secure software distribution, ensuring that customers everywhere receive critical updates and new features reliably and safely. The scale and reach of our work are unmatched, and we take immense pride in our mission to keep the world's devices secure and up to date.

As a Software Engineer II on our team, you will be at the forefront of designing, implementing, and optimizing these highly performant and massively scalable services. You'll be involved in all phases of the lifecycle, from design to deployment and support. This role is your chance to accelerate your career growth and refine your technical skills by working at world-scale.

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Our employees unite with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to achieve shared goals. Every day, we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive both at work and beyond.

Responsibilities:

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
• Creates and implements clean, simple, testable code with a strong emphasis on quality, maintainability, and reuse.
• Collaborates effectively across teams to deliver high-quality solutions from design to implementation and roll out.
• Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
• 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.
• Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
• Drives quality improvements through design reviews, code reviews, modeling a growth mindset, and providing clear, constructive feedback.

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
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years experience designing, developing, testing, and rolling out web services utilizing technologies including, but not limited to, C#, PowerShell, and ASP.NET.

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:

• Proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., C++, C#, Java, Python).
• Design, coding, problem solving, analytical and communication skills.
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Adept at learning and adapting to new technologies and tools, with a focus on distributed systems.
• Demonstrated commitment to Microsoft's core values and growth mindset.

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 .

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: ;br>
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 27th, 2025

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