Software Engineering IC2

Microsoft•Redmond, WA

About The Position

The Windows Ecosystem and Commercial Engagement (WECE) team brings Microsoft’s Windows vision to life through a global network of partners, customers, and engineering teams. Within WECE, the Partner Engineering Platform (PEP) team builds secure, reliable, and compliant services, data pipelines, and agentic solutions that enable collaboration across these groups. The Software Engineer designs, builds, tests, and operates cloud services that power collaboration between Microsoft and its partners. The role addresses engineering challenges across APIs, distributed systems, security, data processing, and service reliability. The engineer owns defined features end to end, works on production systems, and develops increasing independence while delivering secure, observable, and maintainable code. The work helps Microsoft and external partners securely collaborate, exchange information, and manage critical engineering workflows at scale. The role requires meeting Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including a Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter. No relocation is offered. The position will be open for a minimum of five days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until filled.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, with proven coding experience in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python; or equivalent experience.
Ability to meet Microsoft, customer, and/or government security screening requirements, including the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire or transfer and every two years thereafter.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field and at least one year of technical engineering experience coding in languages such as C#, C++, Java, JavaScript, or Python; or a master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or equivalent experience.
Experience developing, testing, and debugging software in a professional or production environment.
Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
Ability to learn new technologies quickly and complete defined tasks with appropriate guidance.
Good communication and collaboration skills in a team environment.
Experience developing applications using C# and .NET.
Experience designing and building REST APIs, microservices, or distributed systems.
Experience with Azure or comparable cloud platforms.
Problem-solving, debugging, and software design skills.
Familiarity with relational or NoSQL databases and messaging or queueing systems.
Experience with authentication and authorization concepts such as OAuth, Microsoft Entra ID, or role-based access control.
Experience with cloud-native architectures, containers, or Kubernetes.
Experience with source control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, automation, and DevOps practices.
Exposure to monitoring, telemetry, or live-site operations.
Experience leveraging AI tools to improve engineering productivity and operational efficiency.
Communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate secure and scalable cloud services and APIs, with guidance on larger design decisions.
Own features end to end, from technical design and implementation through deployment and production support.
Build reliable solutions involving APIs, data processing, authentication and authorization, and asynchronous workflows.
Write high-quality, maintainable, well-tested code and contribute to unit, integration, and automated test coverage.
Implement authentication, authorization, data synchronization, and asynchronous processing logic that correctly handles retries, failures, and edge cases.
Add telemetry, logging, and alerts to features, and use them to monitor service health and diagnose issues.
Participate in on-call rotation and live-site support, investigate production issues, and contribute to service reliability and operational improvements.
Participate in design reviews and code reviews, incorporate feedback, and contribute to engineering quality.
Collaborate with engineers, program managers, and partner teams to clarify requirements and deliver working solutions.
Learn and apply team engineering standards, security and compliance practices, and responsible use of approved AI-assisted development tools.