Software Engineer II

Microsoft
United States, Texas, Irving
7000 State Highway 161 (Show on map)
Oct 30, 2025
OverviewAre you interested in solving deep technical challenges that are foundational to Microsoft's future and the broader cloud computing industry? The Azure Compute Artifacts team is responsible for developing software services that impact billions of customers and generate significant revenue. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-scale systems that support both Linux and Windows environments, while collaborating directly with customers to deliver innovative solutions. The team focuses on creating, distributing, and consuming compute artifacts globally. We prioritize scalability, resiliency, and agility, and foster a collaborative environment where ideas are shared and built upon. This Software Engineer II is empowered to drive customer value through bottom-up innovation and rapid delivery. This position supports career growth, enhances business acumen, and strengthens both technical and leadership capabilities. Artifacts supported by the team include:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/azure-compute-galleryhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/overviewhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/cli-ps-findimageMicrosoft'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. ResponsibilitiesWorks with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.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.Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.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.OtherEmbody our Culture and Values