Software Engineer II

Mid • On-site

$100,600 - $199,000/yr

Redmond, WA

Overview

The Office Growth and Experiences team (OGX) is an experienced and highly passionate group at Microsoft that builds and maintains end-to-end ownership of Office across all platforms. Empowering developers with exceptional opportunities for ownership, autonomy, and professional growth as we tackle complex problems across Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android. OGX is responsible for a wide breadth of areas including best-in-class UX, next-gen collaboration, business-critical fundamentals, and driving user engagement for millions of users across our multiple ecosystems.

Within OGX we are specifically looking for a data-driven, quality-obsessed, energetic and creative Software Engineer II to join our team on building mission critical next-gen big-data telemetry pipelines processing petabytes of data every day, real-time alerting, AI-driven analytic tools enabling multiple feature teams to understand Office applications performance, reliability and usage patterns and drive strategic product investments for delightful user experience.

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 Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years industry coding experience in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience
2+ years industry experience in designing and developing high availability, reliability and scalability back-end services.
Proficiency in relational databases and writing SQL queries; KQL, HTML, XML, JSON, JavaScript/TypeScript, and RESTful services fundamentals.

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:

Expertise with big-data frameworks, ETL pipelines, and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Grafana).
Exposure to Microsoft Azure technologies (or equivalent cloud platforms) including, but not limited to Web Apps, Azure Data Explorer, Azure Data Factory and Azure Storage.
AI-first mindset with experience in ML/statistical methods for anomaly detection.
Mobile development (iOS/Android) experience using Objective-C, Swift, SwiftUI, Java, React, Kotlin or cross-platform frameworks.
Familiarity with telemetry platforms and experience leveraging telemetry to analyze health and usage patterns.
Large-Scale Software Development: Familiarity with shipping high-visibility, multi-million-user applications and working in large codebases.
Global Team Collaboration: Experience working closely with geographically distributed teams and ability to manage communication in different time zones.

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 October 3, 2025.

Responsibilities

Integrate AI capabilities into our solutions portfolio and apply AI-first mindset for individual productivity.
Design, develop, maintain and optimize scalable telemetry, monitoring and innovative data analytics solutions and big-data pipelines.
Analyze telemetry signals to uncover patterns, find correlations, root-cause issues, assess scenarios health to drive product improvements.
Collaborate with team members, cross-functional teams and geographies to define technical requirements, manage dependencies, participate in technical discussions, and develop cutting-edge high-impact solutions efficiently.
Follow and promote engineering best practices across the software development lifecycle toward delivering solutions in time, quality and spec.

Microsoft

Microsoft is a global technology company that focuses on empowering every person and organization to achieve more. With a mission to deliver the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online businesses, including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform, the company is dedicated to powering the 'Intelligent Cloud' mission. Microsoft values respect, integrity, and accountability, and fosters a culture of inclusion where employees can thrive. The company is committed to continuous improvement and collaboration to drive innovation and provide high-quality results to customers. With a diverse and inclusive workforce, Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.