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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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The Software Engineer II joins the Azure Hyperscale Networking team within the Wide Area Networking group to address challenges involving increased network traffic, AI transformation of hosted services, and AI training. This role focuses on network traffic engineering, quality, and reliability. The engineer will collaborate with stakeholders to determine user requirements, identify dependencies, develop design documents, and break down large work items into smaller tasks for estimation. Day-to-day responsibilities include creating and implementing code for products or features while serving as a Designated Responsible Individual to monitor systems for degradation or downtime. Candidates should possess experience in analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems. Required technical skills include proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python to improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products at scale.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.
Determine user requirements for specific product features by working with stakeholders.
Identify project dependencies and develop design documents for assigned product areas.
Create and implement code for products, services, or features while reusing existing code.
Break down large work items into smaller tasks and provide accurate effort estimations.
Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to monitor systems for degradation or downtime.
Resolve simple system issues during on-call rotations to restore service functionality.
Implement improvements to enhance the availability, reliability, efficiency, and performance of products at scale.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 3+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
Ability to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check every two years.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements.
At least 1 year of experience analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
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