Software Engineer II
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Dec 20, 2024 | |
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OverviewWe are a dynamic and innovative team at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, dedicated to delivering exceptional AI solutions. Our Azure AI Language team is seeking a skilled and motivated Software Engineer II to join us in revolutionizing Natural Language Processing (NLP) services (on Azure and on Prem). You will Implement and optimize algorithms for language understanding, question answering, named entity recognition, and other NLP tasks.You will contribute to the design and architecture of Azure AI Language services, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency, integrating AI models into a cloud-based environment, considering performance, security, and compliance requirements.You will develop and maintain full-stack applications that interface with Azure AI Language services, ensuring a seamless user experience.We do not just value differences or different perspectives. We seek them out and invite them in so we can tap into the collective power of everyone in the company. As a result, our customers are better served. 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.
ResponsibilitiesCreates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable. Writes and learns to create code that is extensible and maintainable. Considers diagnosability, reliability, and maintainability with few defects, and understands when the code is ready to be shared and delivered. Applies coding patterns and best practices to write code.Creates a clear and articulated plan for testing and assuring quality of solutions, and defines success for outcomes of tests (e.g., unit tests). Helps to integrate automation features when planning for testing.Builds knowledge, shares new ideas, and shares pinpoints of engineering tool gaps to improve software developer tools to support other programs, tools, and applications to create, debug, and maintain code for complex product features. Uses open source when possible. Develops higher-level awareness of other kinds of tools outside areas of expertise. Helps to identify internal tools and creates tools that will be useful for creating the product, determining if methods are still applicable for the current solution.Reviews work items to deepen knowledge of product features in partnership with appropriate stakeholders (e.g., project managers) and executes project plans, release plans, and work items. Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation. Escalates any issues that would cause a delay.Maintains operations of live service as issues arise on a rotational, on-call basis. Identifies solutions and mitigations to simple issues and complex issues when applicable impacting performance or functionality of Live Site services and escalates as necessary.Embody our culture and values | |