New 
Software Engineer II
 Microsoft | |
 United States, Washington, Redmond | |
 Oct 03, 2025 | |
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OverviewImagine helping millions of users discover the best local businesses and services-right when they need them. At Bing Places, we're on a mission to improve the quality and relevance of local search results across Microsoft platforms. You'll be part of a team that blends data science, engineering, and product thinking to deliver intelligent, high-impact experiences that shape how people interact with the world around them.As a Software Engineer II in Bing Places, you will design and build scalable systems that enhance the accuracy, freshness, and trustworthiness of local search results. You'll collaborate across disciplines to integrate diverse data sources, develop intelligent ranking algorithms, and ship features that directly impact millions of users. This opportunity will allow you to accelerate your career growth, deepen your understanding of geospatial and business data, and sharpen your skills in distributed systems and machine learning. We offer flexible work arrangements, including partial work-from-home options.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. Starting January 26, 2026, Microsoft AI (MAI) employees who live within a 50- mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. or 25-mile commute of a non-U.S., country-specific location are expected to work from the office at least four days per week. This expectation is subject to local law and may vary by jurisdiction.
ResponsibilitiesWorks with appropriate stakeholders to determine user requirements for a set of features.Contributes to the identification of dependencies, and the development of design documents for a product area with little oversight.Creates and implements code for a product, service, or feature, reusing code as applicable.Contributes to efforts to break down larger work items into smaller work items and provides estimation.Acts as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems.Remains current in skills by investing time and effort into staying abreast of current developments that will improve the availability, reliability, efficiency, observability, and performance of products while also driving consistency in monitoring and operations at scale. | |