Software Engineer II-PowerPoint

Are you passionate about building services that operate at massive scale? Do you thrive on solving complex engineering challenges and delivering elegant, high-impact solutions? Come join the PowerPoint team and help shape the future of how billions of people communicate their ideas. 

We’re looking for engineers who thrive on running services at scale, care deeply about performance, reliability, and security, and are eager to ship high-quality code that makes a global impact. You’ll join a collaborative team that values technical excellence, thoughtful architecture, and a culture of continuous learning. From Silicon Valley to Redmond, we’re united by a shared mission: to power the next generation of presentation experiences. 

Our mature engineering systems and rapid development cycles empower us to innovate boldly and ship frequently. We move fast and learn faster — all while having fun and supporting each other along the way. If you're ready to lead, mentor, and build with purpose, we’d love to hear from you. 

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.   

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 as a software engineer designing, implementing, and shipping cloud services or software products. 
• 2+ years of experience with end-to-end project development experience.

Other Requirements: 

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements that 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:

• 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.
• Proficient skills in design, debugging, analytics and problem solving. 
• Self-motivated, quick learner with a desire to dig deep into a large codebase. 
• Full understanding of all aspects of the software development process with experience shipping at least one release. 
• Passion for customers, product quality, service excellence, test engineering and having a growth mindset. 
• Effective communication skills and ability to work cross group and across disciplines. 

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 July 8th, 2025.

• Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario. 
• Drives identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform. 
• Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness, and return on investment (ROI). 
• Leverages subject-matter expertise of product features and partners with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) to drive a workgroup's project plans, release plans, and work items. 
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) and guides other engineers by developing and following the playbook, working on call to monitor system/product/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions, alerting stakeholders about status and initiates actions to restore system/product/service for simple and complex problems when appropriate. 
• Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.