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Software Engineer II at Microsoft

Required Skills

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About the Role

Software Engineer II role at Microsoft's CoreAI team focusing on enhancing developer productivity through large-scale build systems. Responsibilities include accelerating builds via file monitoring, caching, distributed systems, and AI-driven analysis. The role involves working across Linux, macOS, and Windows platforms.

Key Responsibilities

  • Works with stakeholders to determine user requirements for features
  • Contributes to design documents and identifies dependencies
  • Creates and implements code for products or services
  • Breaks down larger work items into smaller tasks and provides estimations
  • Acts as Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) for system monitoring and issue resolution

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in C, C++, C# OR equivalent experience
  • 1+ year of experience building testable, distributed, and highly scalable online services on Azure or similar cloud platform
  • Ability to pass Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire and every two years thereafter

Nice to Have:

  • Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field AND 3+ years experience OR Bachelor's Degree AND 5+ years experience with coding in C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • Experience programming on Windows and Unix
  • Experience working on Engineering Systems

Benefits & Perks

  • Industry leading healthcare