Software Engineer II

We are seeking a Software Engineer II passionate about new technologies, high-quality code, and engineering excellence. In this dual-role position, you will drive both software and data engineering initiatives-delivering rapid, iterative product releases while generating data-driven insights to improve the quality of our remote desktop stack, protocol, and graphics scenarios. Our team values motivated engineers who bring growth mindset a positive attitude, and ability to transform ambiguity into impact.

Learn More:

• Azure Virtual Desktop: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/
• Windows 365: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-365/

At Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We foster a culture of respect, integrity, and accountability, where inclusion and collaboration fuel innovation, and where your work can have real, global impact.

• Collaborating with engineers, Product Managers, and designers to deliver seamless, secure, and high-performance remote desktop experiences for the Windows platform.
• Contributing to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.
• Creating and implementing code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.
• Designing and implementing robust and scalable data systems that enable data-driven decision-making.
• Identifying, modeling, and delivering actionable metrics that directly contribute to measurable improvements.
• Visualizing and articulating complex concepts and insights effectively to stakeholders and team members.
• Ensuring software quality, data accuracy and integrity through comprehensive testing and quality assurance

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 experience with databases, data warehousing, and data languages such as Synapse and SQL.

• 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:

• 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 experience with modern C++ and/or C# .NET development. Windows Windows application development, including COM, WinRT, and NT Services.
• Experience with live site engineering, telemetry, and cross-team collaboration.
  Experience with Azure services and Kusto (KQL).
• Experience in SaaS and desktop virtualization.
• Familiarity with machine learning, distributed storage, and computation platforms such as Spark or PySpark, Hadoop, Scala, or Cosmos

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 requesting accommodations.