Software Engineer II

Digital Trust & Safety (DigiTS) is looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team! Are you passionate about building and operating large scale, distributed, backend services using native Azure Cloud products and interested in protecting human rights? If so, this may be the right opportunity for you!

We are a team of passionate and dedicated engineers, product managers, and data scientists who work on safeguarding against harmful content and conduct that threatens human rights, human wellness, and Microsoft's reputation and legal obligations. We believe that everyone deserves to have a positive and respectful online experience, and that technology can be a force for good in promoting digital safety and well-being while maintaining Microsoft’s commitment to privacy and freedom of expression.

DigiTS is a technology provider to all of Microsoft, defining the digital safety posture for a vast and global array of services. We develop and deploy cutting-edge solutions that leverages multiple technologies including artificial intelligence and human-in-the-loop systems to detect, prevent, and mitigate harmful content and behavior online. We work closely with product teams, policy makers, legal experts, and external partners to ensure that our solutions are aligned with Microsoft's values and standards, as well as the needs and expectations of Microsoft’s customers.

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

• Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight, using existing and emerging technologies (AI/ML, .Net Core, Serverless, Azure), focusing on standardized, testable, repeatable and scalable solutions.
• Works with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features. Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.
• Participates in an on-call rotation as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI). Includes reactively responding to system / product / service alerts for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and proactively driving efforts to improve platform SLAs.
• 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.
• Demonstrates pride, ownership, personal accountability and advocacy for Microsoft’s end-user experience, balancing Digital Safety with Privacy and Regulatory expectations.
  
  

Qualifications

Required 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, C++, C#, Java or Python
• OR equivalent experience.
• 2+ years' experience building and maintaining cloud native services or products, operating as a Data processor for Enterprise customers.
  

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

• 5+ years professional experience developing and maintaining large scale, distributed, backend services using cloud native platforms including but not limited to, Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS or Google Cloud.
• 5+ years' experience building and maintaining cloud native services or products, operating as a Data processor for Enterprise customers.
  
  

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.