Software Engineer II
About The Position
Excited to solve critical search quality & production debugging problems at scale? Join Microsoft AI Fundamentals to build world‑class metrics & debugging services supporting Bing, Copilot, MSN, Edge, Windows orgs. Bing, MSN and other systems serve billions of transactions via services hosted by hundreds of thousands of servers across the world. You will learn about these large-scale distributed systems and contribute to making them better. The Microsoft AI Fundamentals team is looking for a Software Engineer II to help build cutting-edge tools, end user quality metrics, and developer productivity solutions for internal consumption for ~10k member org. We’re seeking a Software Engineer who thrive on consumer‑focused innovation and enjoy tackling complex problems to build intuitive, impactful solutions. Join us at Microsoft Redmond, where our goal is to build not just great products, but great engineers—delivering meaningful features to customers while fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and growth. 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. Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.
Requirements
- 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.
Nice To Haves
- 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.
- 1+ years of experience on Web front-end development, (React, Angular or similar) AND 3+ months experience vibe coding production quality code.
- Experience with Web UI/JS libraries like React, Angular or similar.
Responsibilities
- Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.
- Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
- Creates and implements AI‑native, secure, scalable code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
- Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
- Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.
- Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
