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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/Sr. Software Engineer joins the AI Transformation team to build AI-native operating models and reusable solutions. Working in small, multidisciplinary teams, you will design, build, test, deploy, and operate production-grade AI-powered applications, agents, services, integrations, and workflows. You will move rapidly from requirements to working solutions, utilizing AI-assisted and agentic coding tools throughout the software development lifecycle. Key responsibilities include translating business requirements into scalable technical designs, applying software engineering practices like CI/CD, automated testing, and observability, and ensuring security-first compliance. You must possess experience coding in languages such as C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python. This role solves the business problem of transforming critical end-to-end workflows by integrating people, AI agents, and systems into new ways of working.
What does a Software Engineer earn?
Median $197400 from 2576 postings across 150 companies.
Design, build, test, deploy, and operate production-grade AI-powered applications, agents, and workflows.
Move rapidly from requirements to working solutions by prototyping and iterating based on real-world feedback.
Use AI-assisted and agentic coding tools to accelerate development, testing, debugging, and delivery.
Translate business requirements into practical technical designs and scalable implementations.
Apply software engineering practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and observability.
Build reusable components, accelerators, and engineering patterns to scale solutions across teams.
Incorporate security, privacy, Responsible AI, and compliance requirements throughout the design and delivery process.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field and 2+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent experience).
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field and 4+ years of technical engineering experience with 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 technical engineering experience with coding in languages like C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Experience designing, building, testing, deploying, and operating production-grade AI-powered applications, agents, services, and workflows.
Proficiency in using AI-assisted and agentic coding tools throughout the software development lifecycle.
Ability to translate business and operational requirements into practical technical designs and scalable implementations.
Experience applying software engineering practices including code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, and documentation.
Ability to apply a security-first mindset incorporating privacy, Responsible AI, and compliance requirements.
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