Software Engineer II - Microsoft

Microsoft Graph is the gateway to data and intelligence in Microsoft 365. It provides a unified programmability model that one can use to access the tremendous amount of data in Microsoft 365, Windows, and Enterprise Mobility + Security. Developers around the globe use the wealth of data in Microsoft Graph to build apps and automation for organizations and consumers that interact with billions of users that use Microsoft 365 products for work, school, and personal productivity.

Our team delivers MS Graph webhooks based notifications at planet scale for changes in resource data and implements delta query/change tracking mechanisms enabling such applications to efficiently synchronize changes with a local data store.

We are hiring a Software Engineer II who is passionate about building distributed, highly available and secure services as well as who deeply cares about developer experience. Join our team and help enable developers build experiences for their end users to be more productive.

We strive to be a diverse organization with a culture that is very welcoming, highly collaborative and a place where you can bring your authentic self. From lively and passionate hallway and online design conversations, to online game days, we know how to have fun! 

Day to Day Duties:

Develop “best-in-class” engineering for our services by ensuring that the services and the components are well-defined and modularized, secure, reliable, diagnosable, actively monitored and reusable

Consider testability, portability/monitoring, reliability, and maintainability, and understand when code is ready to be shared and delivered 

Collaborate with partner teams to ensure we provide a seamless onboarding experience

Adhere to and drive modern software engineering practices through design and code reviews 

Conduct periodic on-call duties and drive changes back to the services based on the live site incidents

Backend Engineers will focus on designing the highly scalable backend services, engage in capacity planning, performance analysis as well

Responsibilities:

• Contribute technical expertise to help make sound architecture, design and implementation decisions
• Partner with and mentor team members
• Model best practices for quality and live site-focus

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.

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.

Additional or Preferred Qualifications:

• Coding and debugging skills from prior work on distributed systems, API design and engineering for scale.
• Exposure and/or experience with Azure or other cloud technologies.
• Security experience preferred, but not required

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $94,300 - $182,600 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 $120,900 - $198,600 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 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.

Benefits/perks listed may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.