Job Description

Microsoft is a company where passionate innovators come to collaborate, envision what can be and take their careers further. This is a world of more possibilities, more innovation, more openness, and the sky is the limit thinking in a AI-driven, cloud-enabled, collaboration-focused world.

Microsoft Teams is core to Microsoft's vision for intelligent communications and productivity pane into modern workplace. We are fast becoming THE hub for teamwork in Office 365 with hundreds of thousands of organizations and tens of millions of users across the globe using Teams. Microsoft Teams announced over 320M monthly active users and is still rapidly growing, cementing it as the fastest growing business application in Microsoft history.



We are looking for a

Software Engineer II

to drive implementation of data collection, processing, and analytics platform. Our systems process petabytes of data every day that capture multi-million events per minute.

We own the big data pipelines and intelligent analytics platform for all of Teams

. The telemetry team's charter is to enable our feature teams to understand their customers and drive strategic investment to make customers successful.



We rely on numerous Azure technologies like Azure Data Lake, COSMIC, Azure Synapse, Kusto, etc. We are building and expanding a modern data platform that combines big data, mission critical workloads, and insights. This combination makes the area among the most cutting-edge across the entire industry!

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

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Design, develop and maintain data platform components that power the Telemetry systems for Microsoft Teams. Stand up scalable & reliable services with monitoring & telemetry support. Champion best practices, tools and processes for a data-driven, quality-focused release of Microsoft Teams as frequently as possible to our customers. Manipulate and analyze complex, high-volume data systems for scalability and compliance. Collaborate closely with Engineers, Product Managers and Technical Program Managers on innovative solutions. Embody our culture and values.

Qualifications

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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.
2+ years experience with data and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS).

Other Requirements:

Candidates must be able to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements that 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:

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 3+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python + OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 5+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
+ OR equivalent experience.
2+ years hands-on experience in any of the following languages or equivalent language: Rust, Scala, C#, Java, Python. Experience in big data technologies/map reduce. Data driven, customer focused, and organized. Experience operationalizing and supporting services.
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $85,000 - CAD $166,800 per year.

Find additional pay information here:
https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/canada-pay-information.html

Microsoft will accept applications for the role until October 13th, 2025


Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. Consistent with applicable law, 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.