Software Engineer 2, Azure Data Platform

• Design, produce and deliver software to improve the reliability, scalability, performance, security, and efficiency of a cloud service.
• Contribute with fixing, enhancing, and supporting our services in production, including periodic on-call duties.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of automation solutions within production environments.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the world to address all requirements needed to run enterprise-grade services.
• Participate actively in code reviews, bug/issue triage with the feature teams, and support well informed decisions towards business and engineering goals.
• Review and influence ongoing design, architecture, standards and methods for operating services and systems.
• Embody our culture and values, * Learn and participate in code reviews to ensure code meets team standards, applying coding patterns and best practices with guidance.
• Develop and implement code for product features, write testable, maintainable, and extensible code while using AI tools responsibly.
• Assist in designing and testing solutions, exploring design options with oversight, and contribute to design documents and technical validation.
• Support quality assurance efforts through executing test plans, including security testing, and learn to incorporate dependency and scalability considerations.
• Apply and develop understanding of security principles in code and processes, contributing to security monitoring, incident response, and secure deployment practices.
• Engage in reliability and supportability activities by monitoring systems, contributing to live site operations, telemetry integration, and incident management with supervision.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand user requirements and incorporate customer insights into product features while learning customer security and privacy needs.

• 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.

• Global collaboration is integral to our work at Microsoft, and proficiency in English is essential for effective communication in this role.

• Prior experience building or working with distributed systems or cloud-based services., Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check:

• This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

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

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