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About Microsoft
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 2 - CoreAI on the 1ES Inventory team, you will design, build, and operate services that manage engineering inventory and ownership at scale. You will focus on the Inventory-as-Code platform, developing workflows to validate inventory, enforce governance policies, reconcile data across systems, and provide actionable experiences for developers. Your daily work involves integrating with source control, CI/CD platforms, Service Tree, and Product Catalog to ensure accurate ownership and classification data. To succeed, you must be proficient in coding languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python while solving challenges in distributed systems, data consistency, and large-scale automation. You will contribute to the technical design of tools that manage engineering assets like pipelines, ensuring high reliability through telemetry, monitoring, and robust documentation for internal developer tools.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $196750 from 2011 postings across 148 companies.
Design, develop, test, and operate reliable services and developer tools for engineering inventory management.
Build and evolve Inventory-as-Code features including validation, reconciliation, and governance policies.
Integrate systems with source control, CI/CD platforms, and other internal engineering services.
Deliver high-quality code featuring comprehensive testing, telemetry, monitoring, and documentation.
Break down large engineering efforts into scoped work items and drive features from design to rollout.
Participate in the on-call rotation as a Designated Responsible Individual to investigate and resolve service issues.
Implement AI-assisted development techniques to improve developer experience and engineering efficiency.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Equivalent experience to a Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of engineering experience is acceptable.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 4+ years of experience coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years of engineering experience (preferred).
Proven experience designing and building distributed services at scale (preferred).
Azure
Python
C++
C#
Java
JavaScript
C
Machine Learning
Distributed Systems
CI/CD
DevOps
Azure OpenAI
Azure ML
Azure AI Studio
Software Architecture
SDLC
Telemetry