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Work type: On-site
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Salary: $163,000–$296,400 / yr
Posted: 54 days ago

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Above market

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Similar $180k

This role $230k

$99k most similar roles pay here $318k

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Microsoft Corporation is a global technology leader producing software, hardware, and cloud services including Windows, Office 365, Azure cloud platform, Xbox gaming, and Surface devices. Industry: Software & Cloud Computing

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As a Software Engineer II on the Microsoft 365 Copilot team, you will play a pivotal role in transforming productivity tools by integrating AI capabilities. Your daily tasks include developing distributed systems and cloud-scale architectures to support highly reliable, large-scale infrastructure that serves millions of users across various Microsoft 365 applications like Teams, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. You’ll work closely with stakeholders to define feature requirements, contribute to design documents, and maintain code for services while ensuring efficient performance at scale. The ideal candidate has experience in building distributed systems and translating user needs into technical implementations, along with familiarity with modern software patterns such as microservices and containerization. This role offers a unique opportunity to be part of Microsoft’s significant technology shift towards delivering AI-driven productivity solutions at massive scale.

Skills

Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Python Java C# .NET Node.js PostgreSQL Azure AWS GitHub GitLab Jenkins Prometheus Grafana Redis RabbitMQ Docker Swarm Terraform

What you'll do

Develop expertise in distributed systems and cloud-scale architecture.
Work with stakeholders to determine user requirements for features.
Contribute to design documents and identify dependencies independently.
Implement and maintain code for services and features efficiently.
Break down larger work items into smaller tasks with accurate estimates.

What we're looking for

2+ years of experience building distributed, near real-time, high-load systems.
2+ years of translating requirements into feature implementations for software development.
Familiarity with modern software design patterns such as microservices, containers, caching, and queuing.
Experience in CUDA kernels or CPU/GPU performance optimization.
Knowledge of network latency management and large-scale capacity fleet management.

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