Software Engineer II

Overview

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a cloud-enabled world. 
 
Microsoft’s Azure Data engineering team is leading the transformation of analytics in the world of data with products like databases, data integration, big data analytics, messaging & real-time analytics, and business intelligence. The products our portfolio include Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure PostgreSQL, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Service Bus, Azure Event Grid, and Power BI. Our mission is to build the data platform for the age of AI, powering a new class of data-first applications and driving a data culture.

​​Within Azure Data, the Microsoft Fabric platform team builds and maintains the operating system and provides customers a unified data stack to run an entire data estate. The platform provides a unified experience, unified governance, enables a unified business model and a unified architecture. ​

​​The Fabric Core Platform team within Microsoft Fabric is hiring a Software Engineer II to build and scale the foundational infrastructure that powers Microsoft’s unified data platform. Our team owns the backend compute platform (MWC), capacity management, routing, deployment, and workload lifecycle — the operating system layer that all Fabric workloads depend on. This is a high-impact role where you will work on distributed systems at massive scale serving millions of customers worldwide.

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We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain backend platform services built on Azure Service Fabric serving enterprise-scale workloads 
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, high-performance distributed systems for capacity management and workload orchestration 
- Contribute to deployment infrastructure using Ev2, ARM templates, and CI/CD pipelines for safe and efficient rollouts across global Azure regions 
- Investigate and resolve complex production issues using telemetry, Kusto queries, and structured debugging methodologies 
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and on-call rotations to ensure platform reliability and quality 
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering practices, test coverage, and operational excellence​

Embody our culture and values

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications

​​Required/Minimum Qualifications: 
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline 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​ 

Job Requirements: Other & Additional

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/Additional Qualifications: 
- Experience with distributed systems, cloud services (Azure), or platform infrastructure 
- Familiarity with Service Fabric, microservices architecture, or container orchestration 
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and deployment automation 
- Strong problem-solving skills and experience with production debugging and telemetry analysis​ 

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. …