Software Engineer

Do you want to build experiences that accelerate innovation for startups and transform education worldwide? If you're passionate about solving technical challenges at scale and delivering intuitive, AI-powered solutions, this is the opportunity for you.

This Software Engineer role is part of an engineering team that now drives Microsoft for Startups and Azure for Education, two programs that empower founders, students, and educators globally. Microsoft for Startups radically accelerates startup growth with free access to generative AI models, up to $150K+ in Azure credits, and expert guidance through the Microsoft for Startups portal. Azure for Education equips learners and institutions with cutting-edge cloud tools, AI capabilities, and resources to prepare the next generation of developers and innovators.

We design and deliver world-class web experiences that make complex cloud-native technologies simple and accessible. By blending powerful capabilities with seamless user experience (UX), we enable founders and educators to innovate with confidence and impact millions of lives. If you're excited to push the boundaries of cloud and AI experiences, shape the future of how Microsoft and Azure works with startups and education, and build solutions that matter globally, this is the team for you.

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.

• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a feature.
• Supports identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product feature with oversight.
• With guidance, learns to create and implement code for a product, service, or feature reusing code as applicable.
• Assists and learns about breaking down work items into tasks and provides estimation.
• Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) in monitoring system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions for simple problems, and recommends actions to restore system/product/service by following the playbook.
• Reviews current developments and proactively seeks new knowledge that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience. 

Other Requirements: 

• 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. 

Preferred 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#, JavaScript, TypeScript, or Python
  • OR equivalent experience.
• Experience with cloud engineering and devops.
• Experience with Document Database schema design or SQL.
• Experience with frontend frameworks like TypeScript & React or similar.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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