About the position
Are you passionate about building cool devices and technologies? The Surface Team focuses on building devices that fully express the Windows vision. A fundamental part of our strategy is having desirable and powerful devices that enable the experiences people want and elicit their excitement. Creating these devices involves a close partnership between hardware and software engineers, designers, and manufacturing. We are currently building the next generation and Surface needs you! As a Software Engineer II in the Surface Fundamentals team, you'll design and build cutting-edge tools, automation frameworks, and AI-driven solutions that elevate both our engineering workflows and Surface products. You'll gain hands-on experience with advanced software engineering practices and artificial intelligence, while contributing directly to the next wave of innovation in Surface and Quality technologies. Enjoy a flexible work environment—with the option to work remotely up to 50% of the time—as you help shape the future of Surface.
Responsibilities
- Works 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.
- 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.
Requirements
- 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#, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated experience in SQL and database design to support efficient data modeling and querying.
- Demonstrated understanding of AI concepts and tools relevant to intelligent system development.
- Proficiency in LINQ, Power BI, and at least one modern front-end framework such as React, Vue, Angular, or Blazor.
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements.
Nice-to-haves
- Master'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.
Benefits
- Industry leading healthcare
- Educational resources
- Discounts on products and services
- Savings and investments
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Generous time away
- Giving programs
- Opportunities to network and connect
