Microsoft Software Engineer II

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Posted date: Jun 03, 2025

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Category: Software Engineering

Location: Redmond, WA

Estimated salary: $158,000
Range: $100,600 - $215,400

Employment type: Full-Time

Travel amount: 25.0%

Work location type: Up to 100% work from home

Role: Individual Contributor


Description

Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

Within Azure Data, the big data analytics team provides a range of products that enable data engineers and data scientists to extract intelligence from all data – structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. We build the Data Engineering, Data Science, and Data Integration pillars of Microsoft Fabric.

As a Software Engineer II this role is for a team named “DW Swift” which is a full-stack team within the Synapse SQL DW. The immediate focus of the team will be to deliver next-gen SaaS Enterprise Data Warehouse. This involves making core changes in the product and the systems around it to be able to rapidly and predictably release the product and with quality and agility.

You will have the opportunity to define and implement next-generation product experiences and work on industry-leading, ground-breaking innovation in areas such as: delivering high value product features and experiences, high availability, next-gen deployment, engineering systems, quality focused product design etc. The work will span custom Synapse Analytics components as well as the SQL Server code base.

We are a tight-knit team who value inclusiveness, collaboration and learning from each other. We are committed to be data driven, agile development and delivering a great customer experience. If that sounds like the right environment for you please join us!

We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

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.

Develop and maintain highly reliable services that enable users to interact with complex large-scale dataDesign, develop and maintain highly reliable engineering systems and infrastructure that enable building world class productsWork with a large set of engineers across orgs and teams to troubleshoot issues, find root causes and bring them to closureSupport development teams and internal stakeholders by maintaining and running tight and efficient engineering systems and servicesPartner with stakeholders (e.g., project manager, technical leads) to define product requirements and create technical designs for future product capabilitiesCollaborate with, mentor, and influence members within the team and across other teams at MicrosoftLead by example in producing extensible and maintainable code with a focus on security, reliability, diagnosability, and performanceLead design discussions with the team and share learnings from investigations, holding ownership for design decisionsContribute to the product vision, roadmap, architecture, and planningParticipate in on-call rotation for maintaining service health along with other things



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 of experience designing, developing reliable engineering systems, and/or infrastructure.Preferred qualifications:

Master'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 Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.

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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 8, 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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