Overview
Are you passionate about AI, data, and transformative user experiences? Do you bring energy, curiosity, and a strong sense of ownership to your work?
The Finance Data & Experiences (FD&E) organization is on a mission to redefine how Microsoft measures, monitors, and optimizes its global business — and we’re looking for top talent to join us. This is a unique opportunity to lead with bold ideas, apply cutting-edge technology, and work across Finance, Sales, Marketing, Business Operations, and Product Engineering to deliver high-impact business solutions. The right candidate will thrive in fast-paced, cross-functional environments, bring fresh thinking to complex problems, and be eager to learn to take ownership of end-to-end processes and outcomes. Join us and be part of a team that’s pushing the boundaries of innovation, taking risks, and implementing AI to drive business excellence.
At FD&E, we foster a culture of customer centricity, innovation, agility, and transparency — and we’re building a team that’s ready to help Microsoft chart its next chapter in AI-driven business excellence.
As a Software Engineer II at Microsoft, you’ll be part of a team of world-class engineers leveraging cutting-edge Microsoft Cloud and AI technologies to deliver modern, scalable, and intelligent systems that drive the Microsoft business forward.
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
- Assess, recommend, and adopt relevant new technologies, tools, and processes from Microsoft and industry.
- Support and influence the team culture customer-centricity and continuous improvement.
- Implement practices that ensure accurate, safe, and efficient releases for our services.
- Implement and maintain excellent design and development processes.
- Use AI in your daily coding and advocate to the team and customers an evolving state-of-the-art of how best to do this.
- Collaborate with others to solve complex problems keeping pace with our global business.
- Leverage sound engineering practices and principles.
- Flight code changes, use telemetry and analytics to take a understand customer impact.
- Provide technical feedback to our product engineering partners to evolve and mature our Azure services and Power Platform.
- Work with multiple client partner teams to implement cohesive end-to-end experiences.
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, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
3+ years of experience in software development for big data systems, distributed systems, or online services.3+ years of experience with one or more programming, data, or analytics technologies (e.g., Python, C++, C#, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, Synapse, Power Platform).
Experience building scalable, reliable cloud-based services and data solutions, preferably on Azure.
Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to software design.
Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts across cross-functional teams.
Experience with AI/ML workflows or data-driven solutions.
Familiarity with finance data, reporting, or business rhythms is a plus.
Experience working in Agile or iterative development environments.
Demonstrated ability to learn and adapt quickly to new technologies.
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.**