Software Engineer II - HR Employee Experiences Team

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

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About The Position

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.

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.
• 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.

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.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level