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SW Engineer II - Insights, Data Engineering & Analytics - Microsoft

Remote ยท Redmond, United States

Microsoft is on a mission to build platforms and products that create and complete magical experiences across Microsoft, to empower every person and organization to achieve more by:

  • Creating iconic end-to-end products across hardware, software, and services that people love and use every day
  • Leading and inspiring the industry through innovation and technology, enabling our ecosystem of partners to thrive
  • Growing our business and the business of Microsoft

Microsoft Windows & Devices Software team is on a journey to create new experiences on the Windows platform. A fundamental part of our strategy is having desirable and powerful devices that enable the experiences people want. Creating these new experiences and devices involves close partnership between hardware engineers, software engineers, designers, and manufacturing, along with the various industry partners that closely collaborate to create industry defining firsts. Our obsession for the right experience, along with our passion to enable everyone to do and be their best, is reflected in the devices that Windows ships

As part of our team, you would be responsible for the technical leadership and end-to-end development of the data solutions that will help the WSSI team gain the strategic insights we need to deliver the most optimal user experience and to quickly adapt to market conditions that are constantly evolving in the Personal Computer world.

You will also apply your engineering and analytical skills to petabyte scale data problems using the latest and most modern data analytics technologies on an ever-increasing number of data signals produced by the Windows ecosystem and our partners across the company. In this position you will face tough engineering challenges every day as we deal with very large, disparate and usually complex data sets as we aim to provide an efficient and reliable platform for data wrangling and curation.

The integration of different data democratization and visualization techniques will also enable us to extract even the most deeply embedded insights from this data to then make those insights readily available to everyone in our organization, affording them the flexibility of analyzing said data in a self-service manner.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 

  • A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Software Development, or a related field, or equivalent alternative education, skills, and/or practical experience is required.
  • 4+ years' experience in software engineering, programming, or development, to include Software programming experience in C#, Java, or C++.
  • 2+ years’ experience with at least one of the following scripting languages: PowerShell, NoSQL, SQL, Python, Perl, JavaScript or Ruby (for data manipulation and automation tasks).
  • 2+ years’ experience in creating reports with PowerBI or other big data visualization technologies.
  • Demonstratable proficiency working with and building distributed cloud services using Azure or related technology stacks.
  • Demonstratable proficiency with big-data-related technology stacks like Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Cosmos, Kusto, Spark, Kafka or others.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

  • Able to thrive in ambiguous situations, bringing clarity, setting priorities, and delivering results 
  • A growth mindset - the ability to learn, maintain a positive attitude and great judgment in fast-paced environments
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, as well as a high degree of emotional intelligence.

Published on: 11/12/2022
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