Software Engineer II - HR Employee Experiences Team

Overview
HR Employee Experiences Team builds, manages the critical products, and services that Microsoft runs on. We boldly pursue big ideas that power transformational advances at Microsoft and for our customers, while helping Microsoft teams work smarter, faster and more securely every day. HR Employee Experiences Engineering employees have deep technical and business expertise, customer insights, and a clear point of view that comes from first-hand, large-scale experience with Microsoft and industry solutions. We are engineers, technology leaders and experts, digital transformation change agents, and customer advocates. We have exciting opportunities for you to innovate, influence, transform, inspire and grow within our organization and we encourage you to apply to learn more!
In this role, you will help build and evolve cloud-based systems and services that improve employee experience and productivity across Microsoft, including AI-powered features that enhance how employees get work done. You will apply strong engineering fundamentals and a quality-first mindset to deliver secure, reliable solutions using modern DevOps practices.
Responsibilities

• Design and deliver secure, maintainable, accessible, and scalable enterprise services, with clear component boundaries and well-defined interfaces.
• Apply proven architectural and object-oriented design patterns to build modular solutions that are reliable, diagnosable, and reusable.
• Implement end-to-end features across the stack (design, development, integration, and deployment) using disciplined engineering and DevOps practices.
• Write high-quality, production-ready code and partner in rigorous code reviews to uphold security, performance, and engineering standards.
• Build and maintain automated test coverage (unit, integration, and functional) to prevent regressions and improve release confidence.
• Instrument services with logging, metrics, and alerts; leverage telemetry to troubleshoot issues and continuously optimize reliability and performance.
• Contribute to operational readiness by improving monitoring dashboards, alert quality, and runbooks to support healthy production operations.
• Conduct targeted technology spikes and proofs of concept to evaluate new approaches, de-risk design decisions, and accelerate delivery.

Qualifications
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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years 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 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
• OR equivalent experience.

• 4+ years of hands-on, object-oriented software development experience, including applying design patterns in production systems using languages such as C#, Java, or C++.
• 4+ years of experience building modern web applications with client-side technologies such as JavaScript and TypeScript, including frameworks like React.
• Proficiency in C# (or equivalent), including threading, delegates, and LINQ.
• Experience designing and delivering service-oriented architectures using REST and OData.
• Experience working with relational and NoSQL data stores (e.g., SQL Server/T-SQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Storage).
• Familiarity with automated testing, telemetry, live-site monitoring, and DevOps practices.
• Excellent technical problem-solving, design, coding, debugging, and communication skills.
• Experience working in Agile environments with effective cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience leveraging Copilots and AI-powered productivity tools to improve development efficiency.

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
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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about
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