Software Engineer 2

Overview

Join the Microsoft Turing team and help shape the future of enterprise productivity with AI. Do you want to be part of a team that delivers innovative products and AI-powered solutions across Microsoft to hundreds of millions of users every month Does the opportunity to join a fast-paced, high-visibility, diverse team in a highly competitive market sound exciting to you If so, this Software Engineer II role with the Microsoft Turing team may be a great fit for you! 

The Microsoft Turing Team Is An Innovative Engineering And Applied Research Team Working On State-of-the-art Deep Learning Models, Large Language Models, And Pioneering Conversational Search Experiences. We Build The Core Systems Behind Microsoft 365 Copilot, a Groundbreaking AI Assistant Used By Hundreds Of Millions Of People Worldwide. Our Work Brings State-of-the-art Large Language Models (LLMs) Into Production At True Enterprise Scale, Transforming How Organizations Work Every Day. We Spearhead The Platform And Innovation For Multiple Core Copilot Experiences Across Microsoft's Ecosystem. We Are a Fast-growing Team With a Broad And Evolving Set Of Opportunities. Project Assignments Are Shaped By Your Interests, Experience, And Strengths, Allowing You To Grow While Working On Problems That Matter To You. As a Software Developer II, You Will Have Opportunities To Design, Build, And Evolve Production Systems That Power AI Experiences At Scale, Collaborating Closely With Engineers And Applied Scientists To Translate Cutting-edge Advances Into Robust, Scalable, And Reliable Products. Our Collaborative Feature Crews Tackle Challenges Such As

• Designing and developing advanced AI capabilities, including container execution and image generation.
• Building the core orchestration and runtime systems for Microsoft 365 Copilot.
• Engineering systems that enable multimodal, real-time, and agentic interactions.
• Building AI-driven computer and tool-use capabilities for enterprise-scale production environments.
  
  

Recent launches, such as the Analyst agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot, highlight the breadth of problems we solve across the stack. The Microsoft Turing team is a unique blend of engineering and research excellence, pushing the limits of large-scale deep learning on Microsoft's world-class distributed training infrastructure. Software engineers and applied scientists partner closely to turn cutting-edge research into production-ready systems used across the company. This position is based in Bangalore and requires the employee be in the office a minimum of 3 days per week. Domestic relocation assistance is available.

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

• AI-native development: Use AI tools across the SDLC in a disciplined way, and own the quality of AI-generated changes by reviewing everything before it ships.
• Write production-quality code: Build extensible, maintainable, low-defect features with minimal supervision, applying coding patterns, security best practices, and reuse where appropriate.
• Raise the bar in code review: Review peers code and tests for coverage, standards, security risks, and compliance — giving timely, coaching-oriented feedback.
• Contribute to design and architecture: Explore and evaluate design options, help author design documents, identify cross-team dependencies, and ensure designs meet performance, scalability, resiliency, and cost goals.
• Own test strategy and quality: Create test plans that prevent regressions, cover security invariants and negative cases, close coverage gaps, and leverage AI for test automation.
• Drive engineering excellence and secure deployment: Automate build and deployment toward zero-touch, follow safe deployment and rollback practices, and run experiments with feature flags to measure impact.
• Support the live site: Serve on-call as a DRI, mitigate incidents within SLA using least-privilege access, run retrospectives with repair actions, and improve telemetry, TSGs, and monitoring.
  
  

Qualifications

Required/Minimum 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.
  

Additional Or Preferred Qualifications

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

• 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.
  

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

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