Software Engineer II

Understand User Requirements - Collaborate with product managers and technical leads to clarify requirements and incorporate continuous feedback loops. Design and Architecture - Contribute to solution architecture, create design documents, and ensure alignment with security, privacy, and compliance requirements. Testing and Automation - Develop and refine test plans, integrate automation, and ensure robust test coverage for backend services. Engineering Excellence - Integrate telemetry, improve tools and processes, and maintain compliance with reliability, accessibility, and regulatory expectations. Design secure, reliable, and sustainable software that is resilient to change. Develop, validate, release, and derive insights from software that enhances our customers experiences. Champion customer-first design leads to increased loyalty to Copilot, Search and our Partners across various organizations. Demonstrate partnership, accountability, clarity in communication and technical depth while delivering results. Apply critical analyses to data to validate hypotheses and inform decisions. Foster an inclusive environment that welcomes diverse perspectives, and in turn leverages that diversity to create more inclusive products for our customers. Work with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features. Contribute to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area. Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable. Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation. Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale. Model a growth mindset by learning from others and sharing your learnings with others. Embody our Culture and Values Required: 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, or Python. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: 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, 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, or Python. OR equivalent experience. 2+ years of hands-on software design and coding experience. 2+ years of strong background in software development and system design. 2+ years of strong problem-solving design, implementation, and communication skills. Experience in AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow and practical experience applying Data Science techniques. Experience in big data systems such as Spark/PySpark or Stream Processing Systems. Experience with cloud services. Ability to debug complex issues across client and server layers. Proven skills in software system design and architecture.