Software Engineer 2 Microsoft
Bellevue, WA

Job Description

Do you want to help millions of internet users find the best images on the web? Do you want to add AI experience to your career? Look no further! The Bing Image Relevance Team develops the advanced search technology that powers Bing Image Search. We are responsible for delivering the best images for user's queries and browsing. Our team builds the full spectrum of tools, data pipelines, services and AI models that power Bing Image Search on web & mobile. We have it all!

* Strong experience with C#/.NET/Java/C/C++ and systems programming
* 2+ years of experience in building cloud services or distributed systems.
* 5+ years of experience with software development
* Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent is required
* ML or AI experience is a plus, but not required

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

The Bing Image Relevance Team is looking for a talented software engineer to help us improve our image ranking & experimentation tech. Qualified applicants should have a strong software development background, excellent coding skills, and a MS or higher degree in computer science or a related field. We are looking for a self-motivated and passionate individual who is interested in bringing high quality software engineering practice to our agile data engineering practice. While machine learning experience is not required, it is a plus.

Our ideal candidate has:

* Ability to recognize & deliver s/w engineering tooling needed for an agile ML team
* Great design and problem-solving skills, and an ability to innovate and solve challenging technical problems
* Awareness and understanding of emerging research and technologies
* Passion and self-motivation
* Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment
* Ability to deal with ambiguity
* Capability to introduce and inculcate a bias toward engineering excellence and delivering quality at scale