Software Engineer II – Microsoft Teams Core Services

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The Core Services team is responsible for the foundational services of Microsoft Teams serving billions of calls per day to power numerous Teams scenarios. It provides exciting opportunities for building services and systems that meet the needs of an ever-growing user base of the fastest growing product in Microsoft's history. This is a unique opportunity to hone your software system design skills and gain exposure to cutting edge technology stack (Linux, Azure Service Fabric/Kubernetes, Redis Cache, .NET Core, Azure Cloud) with E2E (end 2 end) ownership and broad scope to have great impact.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience building and operating large-scale cloud services.
• 1+ years of experience working with Azure Service Fabric/Kubernetes and Linux.

Other Requirements:
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Drive to improve performance, availability and supportability of systems and services.
• Drive to increase efficiency through automation.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until July 11, 2025.

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• Design, development, testing, and DevOps of Teams systems/services ensuring security, availability and performance.
• Design and implement observability infra to monitor system health.
• Own the system deployment lifecycle ensuring safe deployment practices.
• Contribute to design documents and participate in code reviews.
• Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with diverse team members residing in various parts of the globe.