Software Engineer II - Front End

🏢 About Microsoft

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Microsoft's Azure Data engineering team leads analytics innovation globally, delivering products such as Microsoft Fabric, Azure SQL DB, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Power BI. Within Microsoft Fabric, the Platform and Microsoft IQ teams build the unified foundation and semantic intelligence layers powering data-first AI applications worldwide.

🎯 The Role

As a Software Engineer II - Front End based in Hyderabad, India (Hybrid, 3 days/week in-office), you will design and implement the user interfaces and client-side systems for Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft IQ. You will connect users to contextual data intelligence through responsive, high-performance web applications, leveraging modern frontend frameworks, large language models (LLMs), and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Frontend: React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3
• AI & Semantic Layer: Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG, Semantic Search, Context Management
• Cloud & Storage: Azure Cosmos DB, Microsoft Fabric, Azure Data Services
• Tooling & Practices: GitHub Copilot, Git, CI/CD pipelines, agentic AI workflows

💼 What You'll Do

• Design and deliver web-based application capabilities for Microsoft Fabric with clean, modular frontend architecture.
• Engineer AI-powered user interfaces using LLMs, ensuring effective context management, low latency, and high reliability.
• Build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) features using Azure Cosmos DB and semantic search to ground customer interactions.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and distributed engineering squads across Azure Data.
• Adopt agentic AI and developer acceleration tools like GitHub Copilot to streamline implementation and testing.
• Write thorough automated unit and integration tests to ensure continuous release stability.

✅ What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of technical software engineering experience with strong coding proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, or related languages.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience building production web applications using modern frameworks such as React (or Angular) with HTML5 and CSS3.
• Proven understanding of frontend state management, RESTful communication, and component architecture.
• Ability to pass standard Microsoft Cloud background checks.

🌟 Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience developing features with LLMs, prompt engineering, or RAG architectures.
• Experience with Azure Cosmos DB, Azure cloud services, or large-scale data platforms.
• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field.