Job description

Overview As a Software Engineer on the Offers and Data Model team, you are immersed in work that spans distributed systems, large-scale data platforms, and advanced artificial intelligence. You build intelligent commerce capabilities leveraging data, models, and real-time signals, enabling better decision-making, automated workflows, and actionable insights across Microsoft’s commerce lifecycle. Your work directly influences the future of commerce platforms by driving service resilience, platform consistency, and enabling intelligent, data-driven results at scale. The Offers and Data Model team is foundational to Microsoft’s commerce transformation, building scalable, consistent, and intelligent solutions for offers, pricing, and transactions across a vast ecosystem. By unifying diverse commerce systems into a cohesive architecture, you help simplify how offers are modeled and transacted in both first-party and third-party scenarios—setting new standards for modern, data-driven commerce. At Microsoft, our mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more guides how we partner with customers to deliver trusted, impactful solutions. With a growth‑mindset culture, we innovate responsibly and measure success by shared progress, people, teams, and customers. Join us to do meaningful work that changes the world and helps shape what’s next for everyone. Responsibilities • Design and build scalable, reliable distributed systems supporting commerce platforms such as Offers, Catalog, CommerceIQ, and transactional systems • Develop and maintain high-scale services and data pipelines for offer lifecycle, ingestion, and data modeling • Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools and modern development practices to accelerate development, improve code quality, and increase engineering productivity • Build and integrate AI-driven capabilities such as anomaly detection, intelligent routing, and insights into commerce platforms • Contribute to platform modernization by improving system consistency and enabling reusable platform capabilities • Ensure high standards for reliability, performance, and operational excellence • Collaborate across engineering, product, and data science teams to deliver end-to-end solutions Qualifications Required/Minimum Qualifications • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Other Requirements: • 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 with proven experience 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 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 full stack applications and distributed systems (backend services, APIs, and/or frontend) • Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), APIs, and service-oriented architecture • Communication and stakeholder management skills. • Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance engineering effectiveness, coupled with a strong curiosity and commitment to continuous learning in the field of Artificial Intelligence. • Exposure to AI/ML/Data Sciences or data-driven systems, including working with models, data pipelines, or intelligent features Software Engineering IC2 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $85,400 - $168,100 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 $111,100 - $183,700 per year. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: careers.microsoft.com 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.

Requirements

Must-haves

Design and build scalable, reliable distributed systems supporting commerce platforms such as Offers, Catalog, CommerceIQ, and transactional systems
Develop and maintain high-scale services and data pipelines for offer lifecycle, ingestion, and data modeling
Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools and modern development practices to accelerate development, improve code quality, and increase engineering productivity
Build and integrate AI-driven capabilities such as anomaly detection, intelligent routing, and insights into commerce platforms
Contribute to platform modernization by improving system consistency and enabling reusable platform capabilities
Ensure high standards for reliability, performance, and operational excellence
Collaborate across engineering, product, and data science teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
Required/Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related technical discipline with proven experience coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience.
Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud
background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
This position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

Nice-to-haves

Experience building full stack applications and distributed systems (backend services, APIs, and/or frontend)
Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure preferred), APIs, and service-oriented architecture
Communication and stakeholder management skills.
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance engineering effectiveness, coupled with a strong curiosity and commitment to continuous learning in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
Exposure to AI/ML/Data Sciences or data-driven systems, including working with models, data pipelines, or intelligent features
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here:

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