Are you interested in working for one of the most exciting teams at Microsoft as a Software Engineer II? Then look no further than Microsoft Teams Core Services team. You will be building **resilient, highly available, highly scalable services and systems that leverage state-of-the-art technologies** to deliver the next gen collaboration and teamwork experiences. The Core Services team is **responsible for the foundational services of Microsoft Teams** spanning Teams FrontEnd server, Middle Tier, Auth, Gateway, Storage, Services hosting and Observability infrasturcture among others. It provides exciting opportunities for building resilient, highly available, and highly scalable services and systems that meet the needs of an ever-growing user base of the fastest growing product in Microsoft's history. This is a unique opportunity to hone your system design, and your exposure to cutting edge technology stack (.NET/ASP.NET Core, Azure Cloud, Redis Cache, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Azure DevOps etc.) and application architecture skills offering E2E ownership and broad scope to have a huge impact. 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** + Own design, development and dev ops of observability infrastructure to ensure high availability, scalability and resiliency. + Customer obsessions with strong ability to analyze requirements and iterate over design based on feedback. + Implement monitoring and analytics solutions to be used across services. + Perform live site/dev ops engineering for services and infra you own with top notch monitoring, dashboards, and TSGs. + Collaborate with diverse team members residing in various parts of the globe. + Embody our culture (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/culture) and values. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/about/corporate-values) **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. **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:** + Passion in designing and building very large-scale distributed systems. + Solid data analysis, problem solving and organizational skills. + Experience working with Kubernetes is a plus. + Experience in building monitoring and analytics solutions is a plus. + Drive to improve performance, availability and supportability of services and systems. + Drive to increase efficiency through automation. + Ability to deal with the ambiguity associated with working in a fast-paced and changing environment. + Excellent cross group collaboration, negotiation and communication skills. Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across Canada is CAD $83,600 - CAD $159,600 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 May 11, 2025. \#MicrosoftTeams 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 (https://careers.microsoft.com/v2/global/en/accessibility.html) .