Backend Software Engineer II

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND proven years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python

Nice to Haves

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND proven technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND substantial technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• Experience designing, implementing, deploying, and operating scalable cloud services on top of cloud platform like Azure/AWS/Google Cloud
• Proficiency in C#, Java, or similar backend languages
• Experience owning features or service components end to end
• Understanding of distributed systems, service reliability, and performance optimization
• Experience collaborating across engineering, product, and operations teams

What You'll Be Doing

• Work closely with a passionate team of engineers distributed across the world to deliver impactful solutions that drive customer success.
• In an AI-first development environment, design, implement, test, ship, and support large-scale services and components that power Fabric Data Engineering experiences, with industry leading quality, performance, scalability, reliability, and security.
• Collaborate with Product Management to define product requirements, validate specifications, and align on customer and business needs.
• Apply a growth mindset to tackle complex technical problems and deliver innovative, high-quality solutions.
• Contribute to a team culture centered on learning, continuous improvement, engineering excellence, and high-quality execution.
• Support live site operations, ensuring service health, availability, and rapid mitigation of issues.
• Embody our culture and values

Perks and Benefits

• This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
• Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer.