Software Engineer II

Microsoft bets on Artificial Intelligence as the next growth opportunity for the company. Bing, Office and Cortana are in the forefront in applying Deep Learning to Natural Language Processing and Speech recognition.

Try typing "most popular baby names" or "fastest growing city" into Bing - you will experience Deep Learning at play first-hand. The AI Platform Group is tasked to deliver next generation Deep Learning services and infrastructure, so that data scientists from Bing, Cortana and Office 365 as well as 3rd Party Azure customers can enrich customers experiences with the magic of AI and Deep Learning.

As a team, we adopt a culture of meritocracy, bias towards taking big risks and failing fast, and value hacking together. You will join a team of talented developers to embrace Docker, Kubernetes, and Distributed systems. Most importantly, you will have unique opportunities in engaging data scientists who work on the bleeding edge of machine learning, and practice "Know your customers better than they know themselves".

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years in commercial software development.

• 3+ years C#, .Net Core, Java, or Python development background.

• 2+ years Microservices architecture and Distributed systems.

• Must have a BS in computer science or related software engineering fields.

Preferred Qualification

• Strong Knowledge Azure fundamentals and Concepts like Resource Provider, Azure Resource Manager.
• 1+ years of experience partnering with enterprise customers or partners (internal or external) on diagnosing technical issues for livesite

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.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

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.

You will be part of the team who oversees creating services for managed cloud-based workstation for data scientists in enterprise-ready, secure, reliable and scalable way.

If you are a developer who is passionate about Cloud Infrastructure and AI, proficient with .Net Core, Kubernetes and have familiarity with Azure Infrastructure you should join us. A potential candidate must have a BS in computer science or related software engineering fields.

Proficient in .Net Core, and/or C++, Java. Comfortable with Linux and system-level programming. Prior machine learning or deep learning experience is not required.