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Software Engineer II

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering
Posted on Dec 15, 2024

Software Engineer II

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Date posted
Dec 14, 2024
Job number
1780688
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

Are you interested in working for one of the most exciting product groups in Microsoft? Look no further than Microsoft Teams Developer Platform. We are looking for a Software Engineer II to build solutions that leverage state-of-the-art technologies to deliver the next evolution in collaboration and teamwork.


Microsoft Teams Developer Platform provides exciting opportunities in building resilient, highly scalable services for Microsoft Teams Graph APIs and great Microsoft Teams Developer Experience that meet the needs of an ever growing user and developer base of the fastest growing product in Microsoft's history. This is a unique opportunity to hone your systems design, hyperscale services, public API platform design, exposure to cutting edge technology stack (.NET Core, Kubernetes, Redis, Azure Cosmos DB) and application architecture skills offering E2E ownership and broad scope to have a huge impact.

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.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum 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.
  • Demonstrated solid working knowledge on cloud computing / Azure / AWS / GCP / Kubernetes.

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:

  • Solid analytical, problem solving and organizational skills and excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Experience working on large scale cloud applications and the ability to deal with the ambiguity associated with working in a fast-paced and changing environment.
  • Experience developing test plans/cases, conditions, and scenarios in support of ongoing applications and infrastructure.
  • Evaluate current services and drive performance, availability, and supportability improvements.
  • Drive increased efficiencies through automation and reduction in operational expenditure.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $83,600 - CAD $159,600 per year.

Find additional pay information here:

https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until November 18, 2024.

Responsibilities

  • Implement efficient patterns to call dependent services, leverage a combination of multiple storage solutions like Redis, CosmosDB in a harmonious efficient way.
  • Implement high availability, resiliency patterns like Circuit Breaker, Retry, Fallback, Bulkhead Isolation, Throttling among others.
  • Own and operate services of massive scale.
  • Reuse existing open-source libraries and build new libraries of services and best practices for other teams to leverage.
  • Perform live site/dev ops engineering for services with top notch monitoring, dashboards, and troubleshooting guides.
  • Embody our culture and values

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.