Software Engineer-II
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 23, 2026. Microsoft scores B on the Alion truth index.
Role: Software Engineer II
Come work on a product that touches and transforms the lives of millions of families across the globe! Thrive in an innovative and startup-like environment putting your technical acumen and relentless customer obsession to the best use.
In line with our CEO Satya’s mission for Microsoft to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, the mission of the Windows People eXperiences (WPX) team is to empower families to explore, learn and connect in a fun and safe environment.
Families are among the most valuable and loyal customers of Microsoft. Our solutions elevate families at Microsoft! We ensure they get the best out of productivity in Microsoft 365, gaming in Xbox, browsing in Edge and a seamless experience across Windows, Xbox and other Devices. Powered by highly scalable Azure services, we transform personal data into personal value and empower modern families to gain peace of mind, accomplish what matters most, and to ultimately allow them to focus on what’s most important: each other.
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.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a scenario.
- Creates, implements, optimizes, debugs, refactors, and reuses code to establish and improve performance and maintainability, effectiveness.
- Proactively seeks new knowledge and adapts to new trends, technical solutions, and patterns that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale.
- You'll be responsible for bringing to life cloud services and interfaces that will power all classes of devices including mobile, Windows PC and Xbox.
- You'll collaborate closely with our product and design teams.
- This role will leverage your passion for quality and test-driven development.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
- OR equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- A total of 4+ years of experience building cloud-native, distributed, highly scalable microservices, API management and database development.
- Proficiency in C# or Java required.
- Proficiency in ASP.NET Web API preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Azure cloud technologies preferred.
- Good knowledge of object-oriented software development, algorithms and data structures.
- Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field.
- Deep customer empathy and focus on delivering high-quality customer experiences.
- Proactive and self-motivated, and willingness to take on challenging technical issues.
- Experience with building Web UIs using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript (ES6), Webpack, React, Redux, Angular, TypeScript is preferred.
- Familiarity with building mobile apps using iOS (Swift or Objective-C) or Android (Java or Kotlin) is a bonus!
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This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.
Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance with religious accommodations and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.