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Software Engineer II

Microsoft

Microsoft

Software Engineering
USD 100,600-199k / year
Posted on Aug 26, 2025

Software Engineer II

Redmond, Washington, United States

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Date posted
Aug 25, 2025
Job number
1861963
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Software Engineering
Discipline
Software Engineering
Employment type
Full-Time

Overview

We envision a world where every employee has a voice and every organization listens. The Employee Voice and Engagement (EVE) team drives workforce transformation via real-time feedback & intelligent, AI-powered insights for every leader and every organization. People want to be excited about their work, be connected to their company culture, understand how to succeed, and have the agency to help improve their team's culture.


Our Viva Glint and Viva Pulse products enable world-class sentiment collection and reporting through organizational benchmarks, democratized team listening tools, ambient signals, and Copilot experiences to build the modern work environment. We are looking for team members who are excited to join our team and make a difference with EVE.

As a Software Engineer II, you’ll be a key member of the team responsible for shipping Copilot experiences in EVE. We're looking for those who bring fresh ideas from relevant technical areas including LLM prompt engineering, service engineering, distributed systems, security, user experience, and developer agility.

We value individual creativity, passion and the ability to deliver as a team. We advocate for inclusive teams that value diversity of thought and background as solidly as technical skills. Everyone is encouraged to come up with new ideas to make our customers' lives better and to collaborate as a team to deliver them. We invest in each team member’s technical and personal growth and partner on their career goals. This is a place where engineers have real meaningful impact on the success of our customer mission and contribute to the core company mission of empowering every person and organization on the planet to achieve more.

If all of this sounds exciting to you, we would love to hear from you!

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.

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.
  • Experience building, delivering, and maintaining web applications or services (Azure or comparable cloud).
  • Experience with LLMs and prompt engineering
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:

  • Technical abilities around service design, coding, debugging, and problem solving.
  • Commitment to delivering the best experience for customers, and demonstrated commitment to the success of others.
  • Enjoy learning and ramping up on new technologies quickly.
  • Experience with Angular or React experience.
  • Java preferred

Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 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 $131,400 - $215,400 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

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until August 30th, 2025.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deliver EVE Copilot product experiences with customer trust and user delight.
  • Bring your experience to a vibrant team through design review, code review and mentoring while helping the team build an inclusive culture where everyone can do their best work.
  • Work with team members within and outside of the team to disambiguate complex problems.
  • Take ownership of component design decisions working with product owners and dependencies.
  • Develop and release AI features for the Viva Product Suite.
  • Define and build systems and strategies to ensure quality, performance, simplicity, durability, scalability, and maintainability.

Embody our culture and values


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

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 and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.