Software Engineer II

Overview

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The Azure Device Registry (ADR) team is looking for a Software Engineer II (SDE2) to help build the next generation of device management capabilities in Azure.

Azure Device Registry provides a unified control plane for representing and managing IoT devices and industrial assets as Azure resources, bringing consistent identity, metadata, lifecycle management, querying, governance, and operational management to device fleets. ADR is evolving toward a broader fleet-management platform, including capabilities such as Groups, Jobs, certificate management, IoT Hub integration, and software update integration.

As an SDE2 on the ADR team, you will design, implement, test, deploy, and operate highly available Azure services and APIs that manage device fleets at scale. You will work closely with engineers and partner teams across Azure IoT to deliver secure, reliable, and easy-to-use experiences for customers managing connected devices.

You will also use modern AI-assisted engineering tools as part of your day-to-day development workflow. You’ll be expected to build AI fluency and apply these tools responsibly, while gaining hands-on experience with the latest AI capabilities and exploring how they can improve engineering productivity, quality, and customer experiences.

This opportunity will allow you to develop software, tools, and code in support of design, infrastructure, technology platforms, and commercial or end-user applications. You will use current programming languages and technologies to write code, perform testing, debug issues, and develop robust documentation, deployment procedures, and maintenance processes.

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

• Design and develop cloud-scale distributed services, REST APIs, and Azure resource management experiences for Azure Device Registry.
• Build features supporting device registration, identity, metadata, lifecycle management, querying, grouping, and fleet-scale operations.
• Contribute to ADR control-plane and data-plane architecture, including integration with Azure Resource Manager and related Azure platform services. ADR's architecture exposes devices as Azure resources and integrates with Azure Resource Graph for device discovery and querying.
• Develop integrations between ADR and services such as Azure IoT Hub, Device Provisioning Service, and Azure Device Update. ADR already serves as the registry and device-management layer in these integrated scenarios.
• Diagnose complex distributed-system issues and improve service reliability, performance, scalability, observability, and operational readiness.
• Participate in the service's live-site engineering practices and use operational learnings to improve the product.
• Use AI-assisted engineering tools effectively and responsibly across the software development lifecycle, and stay current with emerging AI technologies and practices.

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.
• 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:

• Bachelor's Degree (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science or related technical field AND 1+ year(s) technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Master's Degree (or currently pursuing) in Computer Science or related technical field with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
• Experience building or operating Azure or other large-scale cloud services.
• Familiarity with large-scale storage, querying, messaging, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with service telemetry, monitoring, incident response, performance analysis, and live-site operations.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, deployment pipelines, and engineering quality practices.

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $102,100 - $202,200 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $133,800 - $219,200 per year.

Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

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