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The Software Engineering II joins the Global Skilling Product Team to develop enterprise-grade features for Azure Full Stack development. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining engineering infrastructure, tools, and services that power Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery for Microsoft Learning platforms. You will build software features, manage database designs, and develop AI-assisted Copilot features to enhance user experience. Key responsibilities include site reliability, automating manual testing into automated processes, and utilizing AI/LLM models to analyze test failures. Required technical skills include C#, JavaScript, or Python, along with experience in .NET, React, and microservices architecture. You will work with Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, and Infrastructure as Code templates like Bicep. The work focuses on modernizing skilling content operations and ensuring scalable, secure, and reliable learning solutions.
What does a Software Engineering earn?
Median $177250 from 39 postings across 15 companies.
Design, develop, and maintain engineering infrastructure and tools for CI/CD pipelines.
Develop software features for Skilling platforms including architecture, database design, and deployment.
Integrate AI and Copilot features into applications to enhance user experience and productivity.
Support and maintain existing services and integrations with enterprise Line of Business applications.
Improve test framework reliability by integrating automation, gates, and AI/LLM models to analyze failures.
Transition manual testing efforts into automated processes.
Optimize, debug, and refactor code to improve performance, maintainability, and ROI.
Identify system dependencies and develop design documents for security features and cross-team integrations.
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 C#, JavaScript, or Python (or equivalent).
Master's Degree in Computer Science and 3+ years of experience in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science and 5+ years of experience in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python (preferred).
2+ years of experience in cloud development principles, particularly loosely coupled architectures, micro-services, and DevOps models (preferred).
2+ years of experience coding in C#.Net and React (preferred).
2+ years of experience building and deployment pipelines from scratch using Infrastructure as Code (IaaC) templates like ARM or Bicep (preferred).
2+ years of experience in Database development in Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, or Azure Data Factory (preferred).
Experience with Python, AI/LLM-based tools, RESTful APIs, ASP.NET, and Azure AI Foundry (preferred).
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Azure DevOps
Microsoft Entra ID
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Event Hubs
Stream Analytics
Big Data
SDLC
Backend Services
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C++
C#
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RDP
Windows Internals
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Remote Desktop Protocols
Rendering
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